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Global Crises, Social Justice, and Education intervenes 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.

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""" Distinguished scholar Michael Apple has done it again! His book is solid and compassionate. It is documented and analytical, and more importantly it is as theoretical as it is a call for action and change. A great contribution.""--Dr. Carlos Alberto Torres, Professor of Social Sciences and Comparative Education, UCLA; Director, Paulo Freire Institute ""With a combination of a potent theoretical framework and serious empirical work, this volume offers a fresh and nuanced take on the relation between globalization and education, dealing with the concrete ways people experience it.""--Luis Armando Gandin, Professor of Sociology of Education, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil ""In Global Crises, Social Justice and Education, Apple and his colleagues put before us a compelling set of accounts of education as a site of now globalizing political and social struggles. This collection offers us inspiration and hope, as well as a set of principles which might guide our struggles.""--Susan Robertson, Professor Sociology of Education, University of Bristol, UK ""I am always delighted to find scholarly work that connects dots in educational contexts around the planet. Michael Apple's book does just that.""--Education Review "" Distinguished scholar Michael Apple has done it again! His book is solid and compassionate. It is documented and analytical, and more importantly it is as theoretical as it is a call for action and change. A great contribution.""--Dr. Carlos Alberto Torres, Professor of Social Sciences and Comparative Education, UCLA; Director, Paulo Freire Institute ""With a combination of a potent theoretical framework and serious empirical work, this volume offers a fresh and nuanced take on the relation between globalization and education, dealing with the concrete ways people experience it.""--Luis Armando Gandin, Professor of Sociology of Education, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil ""In Global Crises, Social Justice and Education, Apple and his colleagues put before us a compelling set of accounts of education as a site of now globalizing political and social struggles. This collection offers us inspiration and hope, as well as a set of principles which might guide our struggles.""--Susan Robertson, Professor Sociology of Education, University of Bristol, UK"

I am always delighted to find scholarly work that connects dots in educational contexts around the planet. Michael Apple's book does just that. --Education Review Distinguished scholar Michael Apple has done it again! His book is solid and compassionate. It is documented and analytical, and more importantly it is as theoretical as it is a call for action and change. A great contribution. --Dr. Carlos Alberto Torres, Professor of Social Sciences and Comparative Education, UCLA; Director, Paulo Freire Institute With a combination of a potent theoretical framework and serious empirical work, this volume offers a fresh and nuanced take on the relation between globalization and education, dealing with the concrete ways people experience it. --Luis Armando Gandin, Professor of Sociology of Education, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil In Global Crises, Social Justice and Education, Apple and his colleagues put before us a compelling set of accounts of education as a site of now globalizing political and social struggles. This collection offers us inspiration and hope, as well as a set of principles which might guide our struggles. --Susan Robertson, Professor Sociology of Education, University of Bristol, UK

Distinguished scholar Michael Apple has done it again! His book is solid and compassionate. It is documented and analytical, and more importantly it is as theoretical as it is a call for action and change. A great contribution. --Dr. Carlos Alberto Torres, Professor of Social Sciences and Comparative Education, UCLA; Director, Paulo Freire Institute With a combination of a potent theoretical framework and serious empirical work, this volume offers a fresh and nuanced take on the relation between globalization and education, dealing with the concrete ways people experience it. --Luis Armando Gandin, Professor of Sociology of Education, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil In Global Crises, Social Justice and Education, Apple and his colleagues put before us a compelling set of accounts of education as a site of now globalizing political and social struggles. This collection offers us inspiration and hope, as well as a set of principles which might guide our struggles. --Susan Robertson, Professor Sociology of Education, University of Bristol, UK

Author Information

Michael W. Apple is John Bascom Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisonsin-Madison.

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