A study of education and the nation state in an era of globalization. The work analyzes the implications of globalization for education systems. The book's historical and comparative essays range from Europe to America and Asia, arguing that the national education system is far from obsolete.[...]
Ignored by virtually everyone upon its release in November 1968, 'The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society' is now seen as one of the best British albums ever recorded. Here, Andy Miller traces the perilous circumstances surrounding its creation, and celebrates the timeless, perfectly cr[...]
Things that are good for the planet are also good for business. Numerous studies from the likes of the Economist Intelligence Unit, Harvard, MIT Sloan, and others indicate that organizations that commit to goals of zero waste, zero harmful emissions, and zero use of nonrenewable resources clearly ou[...]
The first fully comparative empirical analysis of the relationship between education and social cohesion, this book develops a new "distributional theory" of the effects of educational inequality on social solidarity. Based on extensive analysis of data on inequality and social attitudes for over 25[...]
Building on Green and Janmaat's previous work on education, equality and social cohesion, this book analyses the various mechanisms that hold different societies together and how these are withstanding the strains fo the current economic crisis. In an original, and highly interdisciplinary, mixed me[...]
Enjoy your morning coffee in Galison's colourful ceramic mug featuring Andy Warhol's iconic green camouflage pattern. - Packged in a study box, 4 -colour box - Dimensions: 3.5 " D x 4.25" H[...]
Re-issue of a seminal, widely-acclaimed study on the origins of national education systems in Europe and the USA with a new Postscript exploring education and state formation in East Asia.[...]