Martin Carnoy: 7 books

Book cover of Cuba’s Academic Advantage

Cuba’s Academic Advantage

Why Students in Cuba Do Better in School

by Martin Carnoy
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2007

In this book, Martin Carnoy explores the surprising success of the Cuban educational system, where the average elementary school student learns much more than her Latin American peers. In developing the case for Cuba's supportive social context and centralized management of education, Carnoy asks...
Book cover of Transforming Comparative Education

Transforming Comparative Education

Fifty Years of Theory Building at Stanford

by Martin Carnoy
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019

Over the past fifty years, new theoretical approaches to comparative and international education have transformed it as an academic field. We know that fields of research are often shaped by "collectives" of researchers and students converging at auspicious times throughout history. Part...
Book cover of Economic Democracy (Routledge Revivals)

Economic Democracy (Routledge Revivals)

The Challenge of the 1980s

by Martin Carnoy, Derek Shearer
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016

This book is a discussion of and an argument for alternatives to the present structure of production in the United States—alternatives that would change the control of capital and how it is used. First published 1980, Carnoy and Shearer discuss the economic problems facing the 1980s and argue for...
Book cover of All Else Equal

All Else Equal

Are Public and Private Schools Different?

by Luis Benveniste, Martin Carnoy, Richard Rothstein
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013

Private schools always provide a better education than public schools. Or do they? Inner-city private schools, most of which are Catholic, suffer from the same problems neighboring public schools have including large class sizes, unqualified teachers, outdated curricula, lack of parental involvement...
Book cover of Globalization and Education

Globalization and Education

Integration and Contestation across Cultures

by Nelly P. Stromquist, Karen Monkman, Jill Blackmore
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2000

The effects of globalization have long been dealt with in terms of economic and technological consequences, but what about the influence on education? Though still not a precise concept, what we understand as “globalization” is bringing forth numerous and profound changes in the economic, cultural,...
Book cover of University Expansion in a Changing Global Economy
by Martin Carnoy, Prashant Loyalka, Maria Dobryakova
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2013

This is a study of higher education in the world's four largest developing economies—Brazil, Russia, India, and China. Already important players globally, by mid-century, they are likely to be economic powerhouses. But whether they reach that level of development will depend in part on how successfully...
Book cover of Schooling and Work in the Democratic State
by Martin Carnoy, Henry Levin
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1985

A new explanation of the relation between schooling and work in the democratic, advanced industrial state emerges from this study that rejects both traditional views and the more recent Marxian perspective. Traditional views consider schools as autonomous institutions that are able to pursue the goals...
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