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Author:   Antoni Verger (Universiteit van Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.385kg
ISBN:  

9780415848664

ISBN 10:   0415848660
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   23 May 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. GATS, Higher Education and Global Governance Studies Block I: GATS in Context 2. Education in the WTO/GATS Context 3. GATS, Markets and Higher Education Block II: Gats Results and Procedures 4. Negotiating the GATS: A Multi-Level System 5. State of Play and Trends of the Negotiations Block III: Inside the Negotiations 6. GATS and Education: The Passionate Debate 7. For or Against Education Liberalization: The International Struggle 8. Negotiating Education in the WTO: Key Ideas and Actors 9. National Case Studies: Argentina and Chile Conclusions 10. Explaining the GATS Results in Education Appendices Appendix 1: Edu-GATS Values Appendix 2: Argentinean Education Liberalization in Mercosur Appendix 3: Chilean Education in FTAs Appendix 4: The Reverse Boomerang Effect

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...this book offers the field of comparative education an excellent model for studying and theorizing complex multilateralism in education using literatures from the field of political science, sociology, and international relations. --Comparative Educational Review

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Antoni Verger is a researcher and lecturer at the Amsterdam Institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies (AMIDSt) of the Universiteit van Amsterdam. His principal research topics are globalization and education politics, as well as higher education and international development. He was awarded a PhD from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).

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