This book offers a practical and approachable overview of central theories in comparative and international education (CIE). The chapters focus in depth on specific theoretical perspectives and seek to elucidate the histories, assumptions, and recent developments of these theories. The chapters also situate the theories within CIE, include specific case studies of theoretical application, and outline suggestions for further reading. Written by leading scholars from around the world, this is must-have reference work for anyone teaching, researching, studying, or working in CIE. The handbook includes chapters on a diverse collection of theories, including but not limited to: Structural-functionalism, Colonialism/Imperialism, Marxism, Human Capital Theory, Dependency/World Systems Theory, Post-Colonialism, Post-Socialism, Post-Foundationalism, Neo-liberalism, Neo-Institutionalism, Neo-Marxism, Policy Borrowing and Lending, Peace Theories, Human Rights, Constructivism, Racism, Gender, Queer Theory, Social Network Theory, Capabilities Theory, and Cultural Political Economy.

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Acknowledgements Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction: New Directions in Comparative and International Education, tavis jules SECTION 1: FOUNDATIONAL THEORIES · Section Introduction 1. Structural-functionalism in Comparative and International Education: Antecedents, developments, and applications – Marcelo Marques 2. Imperialism, Colonialism, and Coloniality in Comparative and International Education: Conquest, Slavery, and Prejudice – Tavis Jules, Syed Amir Shah, and Pravindharan Balakrishnan 3. Marxism in Comparative and International Education: Foundational Political Economy Perspectives on Education – Robin Shields and Kalyan Kumar Kameshwara 4. Human Capital Theory in Comparative and International Education: Development, Application, and Problematics – Donna C. Tonini 5. Dependency Theory and World-Systems Analysis in Comparative and International Education: Critical Accounts of Education and Development – Tom G. Griffiths SECTION 2: POST-FOUNDATIONAL THEORIES · Section Introduction 6. Post-colonialism in Comparative and International Education: Interrogating power, epistemologies, and educational practice – Aizuddin Mohamed Anuar, Arzhia Habibi, and Olga Mun 7. Post-modernism and Post-structuralism in Comparative and International Education: Examining background context, application, and prospective – Edith Mukudi Omwami 8. Post-Socialist Transformations in Comparative and International Education: Monuments, Movements, and Metamorphoses – Iveta Silova, Zsuzsa Millei, Ketevan Chachkhiani, Garine Palandjian, and Mariia Vitrukh 9. Gender in Comparative and International Education: Gender as noun, adjective, and verb – Laura Wangsness Willemsen and Payal Shah 10. Post-Foundational Approaches in Comparative and International Education: Uncertain Moves toward Unknown Horizons – Jordan Corson and Susanne Ress SECTION 3: THEORETICAL ADAPTION AND REVISION · Section Introduction 11. Neo-liberalism in Comparative and International Education: Theory, Practice, Paradox – Anthony Welch 12. Framing Comparative and International Education Through a Neo-Institutional Lens: The Discourse on Global Patterns and Shared Expectations – Alexander W. Wiseman 13. Neo-realism in Comparative and International Education: Power, Influence, and Priorities – Tavis D. Jules, Syed Amir Shah, Pravindharan Balakrishnan, and Serene Ismail 14. Neo-Gramscian Theory in Comparative and International Education: Power, ideas, and institutions – Tavis D. Jules, Richard Arnol, Pravindharan Balakrishnan, and Victoria Desimoni 15. Regimes and Regionalism in Comparative and International Education: Cooperation and Competition – Marcelo Parreira do Amaral 16. Cultural Political Economy (CPE) in Comparative and International Education: Putting CPE to Work in Studying Globalisation – Susan L. Robertson and Roger Dale SECTION 4: THEORIES OF POLICY AND PRACTICE · Section Introduction 17. Constructivism and Learner-Centeredness in Comparative and International Education: Where Theories Meet Practice – Matthew A.M. Thomas and Michele Schweisfurth 18. Differentiation Theory and Externalization in Comparative and International Education: Understanding the Intersections of the global and the local – Marcelo Parreira do Amaral and Marvin Erfurth 19. Policy Borrowing and Lending in Comparative and International Education: A Key Area of Research – Gita Steiner-Khamsi 20. Situating Peace Education Theories, Scholarship, and Practice in Comparative and International Education – Maria Hantzopoulos, Zeena Zakharia, and Brooke Harris Garad 21. Theories of Human Rights Education in Comparative and International Education: From Declarations to New Directions – Monisha Bajaj and Nomsa Mabona SECTION 5: INTERDISCIPLINARY AND EMERGING APPROACHES · Section Introduction 22. Theorizing race and racism in Comparative and International Education – Sharon Walker, Arathi Sriprakash, and Leon Tikly 23. Queer Theory in Comparative and International Education: How Queer is CIE – Christian A. Bracho 24. Transitologies in Comparative and International Education: Transformation and Metamorphisms – Tavis D. Jules 25. Actor-Network-Theory and Comparative and International Education: Addressing the complexity of socio material foundations of power in education – Jason Beech and Alejandro Artopoulos 26. Social Network Theory and Analysis in Comparative and International Education: Connecting the Dots for Better Understanding of Education – Oren Pizmony-Levy 27. The Capabilities Approach in Comparative and International Education: A Justice-Enhancing Framework – Joan DeJaeghere and Melanie J. Walker Index