Globalization and education: Integration and contestation across cultures: By Nelly P. Stromquist and Karen Monkman (eds). Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 2014 (2nd edition), 315 pp. ISBN 978-1-4758-0527-7 (hbk), ISBN 978-1-4758-0528-4 (pbk), ISBN 978-1-4758-0529-1 (e-book)

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By Nelly P. Stromquist and Karen Monkman (eds). Rowman & Littleeld, Lanham, MD, 2014 (2nd edition), 315 pp. ISBN 978-1-4758-0527-7 (hbk), ISBN 978-1-4758-0528-4 (pbk), ISBN 978-1-4758-0529-1 (e-book)

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Published online: 1 February 2015 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht and UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning 2015

Globalisation has already been around for almost thirty years. It is perceived as a fact of our times for better or for worse. Education happens to be one of its main lines of action, although economic and technological aspects of it are usually seen as most determining. However, educational, cultural and, indeed, social consequences in general can be taken as the ones that actually indicate the sense or nonsense of globalisation. This reissue of Globalization and Education is more than just a second edition, since chapters from the rst edition (published in 2000) have been substantially updated and several new chapters added. The editors and many of the contributors have been co-operating on this topic for many years; hence, the book reects a prolonged extensive contemplation about the complexities of the topic, which undoubtedly contributes to the books depth and scope. Consequently, we have an accurate large volume, primarily from the eld of comparative education studies, which explains some of the most relevant attributes and characteristics of the subject of included studies, which also sheds light on actual developments on all levels of education.

The editors were well aware that their book is one of many addressing the same issues. Therefore, they felt that they should point out, in the Preface, that many other books lack theoretical depth about the notion of globalization (p. vi). Besides this, they further emphasise the importance of their book, saying: We consider that the integration of levels of education, scales of analysis (the global and the local), and the recognition of national diversity and context make this book unique (ibid.). Although some country case studies are included, the book is more or less issue-driven and does not pretend to be able to cover every detail of the topic in the whole world. In this respect I may say that I expected to nd at...