Hegemonies Compared
Subtitle: State Formation and Chinese School Politics in Postwar Singapore and Hong Kong (Reference Books in International Education)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer
Published: April 24, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780415933131
Subjects: Constitution: government & the state; Organization & management of education; Education / Teaching; Education; Hong Kong; Singapore; Administration - General; Education / General; Multicultural Education; Political Ideologies - Nationalism; Education and state; Schools, Chinese
First sentence: Since Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis published their pioneering book on capitalism and schooling in 1976, many scholars have examined the connections between school education and unequal power relations in the larger social context.
Description: "Hegemonies Compared chronicles the shifts and differences in educational policy in post-war Singapore and Hong Kong. In his comparative study, Ting-Hong Wong formulates a theory that explains cross-societal variation in state formation and schooling." "This analysis is among the first in its field to account for racial and ethnic distinctions, broadening the application of state theory in the study of educational history, and exposing an array of contradictions and conflicts in the educational systems of these two societies."--BOOK JACKET.