Liliana Esther Olmos and Carlos Alberto Torres. R, Cowen and A, M, Kazamias (eds), International Handbook o/Comparative Education, 73-86. Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2009
Focus on Latin America.
Intro: “Education has in modern times been situated within the nation-state. /…/ formalized education hecomes problematic as globalization processes place limits on state autonomy and national sovereignty, affecting education in various ways.”
Educational Expansion: “In the last 30 years educational cxpansioll has attracted considerabie attention from Weberian, Functionalist, and Marxist cholars alike.”
“We argue /…/ that, analytically, it is more fruitful to approach the study of educational development in /third world/ societies in relation to the global process of capital accumulation, to which they were subjected under the historically concrete conditions of capitalist expansion and/or colonization.”
Conclusion: “the relationships between education and social change continue to be revisited by those seeking educational reform, but the challenges of poverty remain seemingly intractable (not easily managed) for public policies-especially education-and democracy.”