Ian Wash is Project Assistant Professor in the Center for Global Education at The University of Tokyo.

• Introduction. The Liberal Education ModelChapter 1. Towards a Unified Theory of DiscourseChapter 2. Interpretive Discourse AnalysisChapter 3. Act I: Aspirations in the Liberal Model of International Education: The VisionChapter 4. Act II: The Administrative System Governing the Liberal Model of International Education: The ProcessChapter 5. Act III: The Thinking Behind Policies in the Liberal Model of International Education: The OutcomesConclusion

In drawing on a novel approach to understanding the global governance of education, this book does a wonderful job of bringing order and clarity to the often-overwhelming number of actors and initiatives that drive global education reform trends. Ian Wash is to be congratulated for the conceptually rich narrative through which this book not only explains the evolution of inter-organizational tensions among the major players in recent decades but also addresses the outcomes and consequences of those tensions for education around the world.