{"product_id":"9783032255631","title":"The Global Business of Education Approaches, Issues and Critical Directions","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Global Business of Education\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eApproaches, Issues and Critical Directions\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMarcelo Parreira do Amaral | Sieglinde Jornitz | S. Karin  Amos\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eEducation \/ Philosophy, Theory \u0026amp; Social Aspects\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis open access book addresses issues related to viewing education as a business endeavor. It introduces the readers to central conceptual issues and relates them to the pedagogical, educational and social issues at various levels and sectors of education. The book offers paradigmatic approaches and theories used to model and examine education as a business endeavor. Business of Education is a global phenomenon that has experienced an exponential growth during the past decades; it goes well beyond the influence of private interests in shaping policymaking or the expansion of private schooling and encompasses policy, practice, and research in the field of education.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe work includes both classical positions and newer viewpoints challenging mainstream debates to approach the diverse manifestations of the business of education and the varying responses across the globe. The volume assesses the impact of business activities at various levels\/sectors of education – lifelong learning, vocational education, supplementary education, higher education, teacher education and focuses on different issues and challenges, from financing to sustainability, from geopolitics to reform and on different geographical areas, such as Australia, Brazil, Chile, and Germany. The analyses draw on different frameworks – philanthropy, racial capitalism, transhumanism, neoliberalism – and go well beyond a materialist perspective of the topic at hand to include other important dimensions since controversies abound as to the impact and\/or side-effects of these developments beyond their purely economic import. The book also critically discusses the future of the field by showcasing research that deliberate on different directions and that reflect on possible futures for (the business of) education. The research presented has strong global perspective and integrates in-depth conceptual analyses with real-world examples and case studies that aim at contributing to a more comprehensive understanding of the business of education across different contexts and regions.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Marcelo Parreira do Amaral\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of International and Comparative Education at the University of Muenster, Germany, and Visiting Professor at the University of Turku, Finland. His main research interests include international and comparative education, in particular the role and activities of International Organizations and economic forces on education policy and governance and its implications for education research, practice and policy. Together with Gita Steiner-Khamsi and Christiane Thompson he is editor of the volume ‘Researching the Global Education Industry’ (2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Sieglinde Jornitz\u003c\/strong\u003e is senior researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education in Frankfurt\/Main, Germany. She combines her overall research interest in international education policies and teacher education with the qualitative analysis of documents from educational practice. Together with Marcelo Parreira do Amaral she is editor-in-chief of the Handbook on The Education Systems of the Americas (2020).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. S. Karin Amos\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Education at University of Tübingen, Germany, with a special focus on international and comparative education as well as intercultural pedagogy. Her research interests include international governance in education, the relation between the concepts governance and governmentality as well as the question of the relation between political and pedagogical formations.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 July 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUniversität Münster\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032255631\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e444\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Universität Münster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47202613526668,"sku":"9783032255631","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032255631.jpg?v=1781088935","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032255631","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}