This volume gathers a cast of eminent scholars for a critical and comparitive analysis of how neoliberal education policies have functioned in a range of countries in different stages of economic development. Treating case studies from Europe, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East, the volume shows how globalization operates differently in different societal contexts.

1. Neoliberalism and Public Goods David A. Turner 2. Neoliberalism and English Education Sonia Exley and Stephen J. Ball 3. Neoliberal Educational Reforms and Social Inequality: Some insights from France Marie Duru-Bellat 4.The Education Agenda of Turkey: Marketing Education in the Context of Neoliberal Policies Hüseyin Yolcu 5.Neoliberal Reforms and Governance in Mexican Higher Education Marco Aurelio Navarro-Leal and Koryna Itzé Contreras Ocegueda 6.The Neoliberal Reforms of Education in Argentina and Latin America Norberto Fernández Lamarra and Cristian Perez Centeno 7.The Influence of Neoliberalism on Japan's Educational Reforms Yuto Kitamura 8.The Impacts of Neoliberalism on Higher Education in China: Issues and Challenges Li Wang and Ka Ho Mok 9.Globalization and Neoliberalism as Educational Policy in Australia Joseph Zajda 10. Environmental Education through Global and Local Lenses: Ecopedagogy and Globalizations in Appalachia, Argentina, and Brazil Greg William Misiaszek 11.The State and Education Policy Change in South Africa: Walking the Tightrope between Choice and Equity Yusuf Sayed, Sajjadllah Alhawsawi, Shadreck Mwale and Robert van Niekerk