CERC Studies in Comparative Education, No.13
Centralization and Decentralization:
Educational Reforms and Changing Governance in Chinese Societies
Edited by
Mok Ka-Ho
ISBN 10: 962-8093-58-4; ISBN 13: 978-962-8093-58-8. (2003, 230pp.)
HK$200 (local), US$32 (overseas)
published by Comparative Education Research Centre (CERC) and Kluwer Academic Publishers
Globalization has brought dramatic changes to the character and functions of education in most countries around the world. However, the impact of globalization on schools and universities is not uniform. One public-policy strategy that has been widely adopted is decentralization; but there is no consensus on whether centralization or decentralization is more effective to improve organization and management in education.
This book is contextualized in the literature on globalization, and examines how policies of decentralization have affected the running of education in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Shanghai, Singapore, Macau and Mainland China. It analyzes the strategies that the governments of the selected societies have adopted in reforming the structure of education system, mobilizing different forces to create more educational opportunities and devising new measures to assure quality in the education sector.
Mok Ka-Ho
is
Associate Dean in the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences at the City
University of Hong Kong. He has written extensively in the domains of public
policy and comparative education.
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Contents |
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Series Editor’s Foreword |
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Introduction |
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Centralization and Decentralization: Changing Governance in Education MOK Ka Ho |
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Education Reforms and Changing Education Systems |
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The Politics of Decentralization: A Case Study of School Management Reform in Hong Kong LEUNG Yin Hung, Joan |
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Centralization and Decentralization in Educational Governance in Taiwan WENG Fwu Yuan |
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The Social Origins and Development of Macau’s Decentralized Education SystemTANG Kwok Chun |
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Towards Centralization and Decentralization in Educational Development in China: The Case of Shanghai NGOK King Lun & CHAN Kin Keung, David |
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Women’s Education in China’s New Socialist Market Economy Julia KWONG |
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Changing Governance in Higher Education |
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Centralized Decentralization of Higher Education in Singapore Michael H. LEE & Saravanan GOPINATHAN |
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Centralization and Decentralization in Higher Education: A Comparative Study of Hong Kong and Taiwan LO Ho Chun & TAI Hsiou Hsia
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Universities for Knowledge Economies: Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland within Globalization and Decentralization Gerard POSTIGLIONE |
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Progress and Paradoxes: New Developments in China’s Higher Education YANG Rui |
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Conclusion |
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Beyond Decentralization: Changing Roles of the State in EducationMOK Ka Ho |
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