| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 252 pages) : illustrations |
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Education in the Asia-Pacific region ; v. 8 |
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Education in the Asia-Pacific region ; v. 8.
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| Contents |
Front Matter; INTRODUCTION; STRATEGIES OF EDUCATIONAL DECENTRALIZATION: KEY QUESTIONS AND CORE ISSUES; WALKING ON THREE LEGS: CENTRALIZATION, DECENTRALIZATION, AND RECENTRALIZATION IN CHINESE EDUCATION; THE EFFECTS OF LOCAL INTERPRETATION OF DECENTRALIZATION POLICY ON SCHOOL AUTONOMY IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE OF CHINA; LIMITED DECENTRALIZATION IN THE SINGAPORE EDUCATION SYSTEM; BUILDING AND DIVERSIFYING EDUCATION SYSTEMS: EVOLVING PATTERNS AND CONTRASTING TRENDS IN HONG KONG AND MACAU; TRENDS AND ISSUES IN DEREGULATION AND DECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION IN JAPAN |
| Summary |
Examines the specific ways in which decentralization policies have affected the structure and delivery of education in eleven Asian nations. This book provides detailed empirical evidence documenting the tensions and synchronisms between the ideas that form the basis of decentralization policy and the contexts into which they are introduced |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| In |
Springer e-books |
| Subject |
Education -- Asia
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Schools -- Decentralization -- Asia
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Schools -- Decentralization.
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Schools -- Decentralization -- Asia.
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Education -- Asia.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Education.
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Education
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Schools -- Decentralization
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Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bjork, Christopher
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| ISBN |
9781402043581 |
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1402043589 |
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1402043562 |
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9781402043567 |
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1402043570 |
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9781402043574 |
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9786610816729 |
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6610816727 |
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