War on Waste or Globalization and Education

War on Waste: Can America Win Its Battle With Garbage?

Author: Louis Blumberg

<p>A comprehensive analysis of the solid waste problem and the major alternatives for a solution to the crisis.

Library Journal

Do we want to take our throwaway society from landfilling to ``moonfilling'' via the ``consumerism blitz'' and the ``end-of-the-pipe'' approach, or do we want to provide political and economic support to reasoned waste alternatives--reduction, reuse, recycling? This book is a contemporary history and sociology of solid waste from the turn of the century to the present day and was adapted from an award-winning report by UCLA graduate students. It provides a more substantive analysis of waste management than the recent excellent critique of mass incineration, Rush To Burn: Solving America's Garbage Crisis ( LJ 7/89). To stimulate public debate on this important topic, libraries need both.--Diane M. Brown, Univ. of California Lib., Berkeley

Go to: Conducting Meaningful Experiments or Communicating and Adapting Across Cultures

Globalization and Education: Integration and Contestation across Cultures

Author: Nelly P Stromquist

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, and political life of nations. With increased opportunities for interaction and learning, education around the world is rapidly becoming transformed. The essays contained in this comprehensive yet readable book, strive to provide a thorough examination of the impact these changes are having on how education is defined, whom it serves, and how it is assessed around the world. "Globalization and Education" is organized into three sections. The first addresses conceptual and theoretical issues underlying such notions as globalization, internationalization, and multilateralism. The second presents empirical data from various contries and provides examples of shifts and transformations within a specific level or modality of the educational system. The third looks at the totality of educational changes taking the nation as the unit of analysis.

Author Biography: Nelly P. Stromquist is professor in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. Karen Monkman is assistant professor in the International and Intercultural Development Education Program at Florida State University.

Booknews

International scholars of education, social and cultural studies, economics, and other fields present 17 essays which examine the changes globalization is having on how education is defined, whom it serves, and how it is assessed around the world. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)