Children of Global Migration
Children of Global Migration

Author: Rhacel Salazar Parreñas

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780804749442

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"With an ethnographer's ear and a social critic's lens, Rhacel Salazar Parreñas illuminates the care deficit of the immigrant second generation, the children of transnational Filipino families left behind by mothers and fathers who labor in the global economy."--Eileen Boris, University of California, Santa Barbara

Unequal Alliance
Unequal Alliance

Author: Robin Broad

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1988-04-06

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 0520909976

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In this seminal work, U.S. development specialist Robin Broad chronicles the Philippine experiment with the structural adjustment model of development espoused by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

Privatization and Equity
Privatization and Equity

Author: V. V. Ramanadham

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 1995-03-23

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 1134814062

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Privatization and Equity, the contributors look at some of the problems brought about by the change to private ownership. They identify factors which can lead to greater inequality, including changes in market structure, foreign ownership and operating policies. They also highlight the consequences of ignoring considerations of equity. In the short

Globalization and Educational Restructuring in the Asia Pacific Region
Globalization and Educational Restructuring in the Asia Pacific Region

Author: K. Mok

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2003-03-13

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 1403990484

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The focus of this book is to examine the growing impact of globalization on education policy and development in the Asia Pacific region. It analyses the reaction of selected societies and the strategies that their governments have adopted in response to the tidal wave of marketization, corporization, commercialization and privatization. Particular attention is paid to educational restructuring in the context of globalization.