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Claudia Diaz-Rios – SUNY Press, 2024
International organizations have consistently influenced education reforms in Latin America, but not all countries have adopted the same policy recommendations. This book offers a unique comparative analysis of secondary education reforms in Chile, Argentina, and Colombia, from the 1960s to the 2010s, with a focus on three key areas: manpower…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Foreign Policy, Educational Administration
Orelus, Pierre W., Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2012
"A Decolonizing Encounter" examines the effects of western colonialism on historically marginalized and colonized populations living both in the West and the "third world". Specifically, it explores crucial issues such as the decolonizing of schools and communities of color; the decentralization of power of the capitalist and…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Democracy, Global Approach, Foreign Policy
Mason, Terrence C., Ed.; Helfenbein, Robert J., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2012
The widely cited, though highly contested, idea that "the world is flat" (Friedman, 2004) carries with it a call for education to provide a leveling effect across continents and cultures Students in Skokie or in Skopje, as the theory goes, are expected to experience a school curriculum that shares certain common elements, goals, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Ethics, Global Education
Lappe, Frances Moore; And Others – 1981
Reasons why U.S. foreign aid fails to alleviate hunger and poverty are discussed and a solution to the problem is presented. The United States now channels more foreign aid than ever to the world's poor and hungry through the Agency for International Development, food aid programs, the World Bank, and other multilateral aid agencies, which report…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Financial Support, Foreign Policy, Hunger
Eshet, Dan – Facing History and Ourselves, 2007
This case study highlighting the story of Raphael Lemkin challenges everyone to think deeply about what it will take for individuals, groups, and nations to take up Lemkin's challenge. To make this material accessible for classrooms, this resource includes several components: an introduction by Genocide scholar Omer Bartov; a historical case study…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Citizen Participation, Individual Power, Power Structure
Manning, Bayless – 1976
This Headline Series, focusing on U.S. foreign policy, is adapted from a series of four lectures by the author delivered at the Claremont University Center in April 1975. Part one discusses the 1973 Mideast oil embargo and the impact of the crisis on future U.S. foreign relations. Especially affected are questions of interdependence, raw…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Policy, Futures (of Society), Governmental Structure