GLOBAL CRISES SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EDUCATION

EDUCATION CANNOT BE UNDERSTOOD TODAY WITHOUT RECOGNIZING THAT NEARLY ALL EDUCATIONAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES ARE STRONGLY INFLUENCED BY AN INCREASINGLY INTEGRATED INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY. REFORMS IN ONE COUNTRY HAVE SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS IN OTHERS, JUST AS IMMIGRATION AND POPULATION TIDES FROM ONE AREA TO ANOTHER HAVE TREMENDOUS IMPACTS ON WHAT COUNTS AS OFFICIAL KNOWLEDGE AND RESPONSIVE AND EFFECTIVE EDUCATION. BUT WHAT ARE THE REALITIES OF THESE GLOBAL CRISES THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING AND HOW DO THEIR EFFECTS ON EDUCATION RESONATE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD? "GLOBAL CRISES, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND EDUCATION" LOOKS INTO THE WAYS WE UNDERSTAND GLOBALIZATION AND EDUCATION BY GETTING SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT COMMITTED EDUCATORS CAN DO TO COUNTER THE RELATIONS OF DOMINANCE AND SUBORDINATION AROUND THE WORLD. FROM SOME OF THE WORLD'S LEADING CRITICAL EDUCATORS AND ACTIVISTS, THIS TIMELY NEW COLLECTION PROVIDES THOROUGH AND DETAILED ANALYSES OF FOUR SPECIFIC CENTERS OF GLOBAL CRISIS THE UNITED STAT