Transforming Comparative Education Fifty Years of Theory Building at Stanford

"This volume provides unique insight into the research and theories on international education conducted at Stanford University's School of Education, the global leader in the field. It offers a summary of and reflection on the process that led to the findings of over half a century. A jewel in the epistemology of educational studies and of social sciences at large."-Manuel Castells, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley "This volume skillfully documents the social forces at play by which theories, policies, and practices in this interdisciplinary field emerged and were transformed since the 1960s. It is a magisterial addition to the literature on the history and political economy of fields of knowledge."-Robert F. Arnove, Chancellor's Professor Emeritus of Educational & Leadership Studies, Indiana University Bloomington