Harmonizing the educational globe. world polity, cultural features, and the challenges to educational research

Studies in Philosophy and Education

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-17

  Tröhler, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Cold war; Democracy; Educational governance; Educational research; Expertocracy; Globalization; Neo institutionalism; OECD; PISA; Sputnik

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951296546     PISSN: 00393746     EISSN: 1573191X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11217-009-9155-1     Document Type: Article

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