Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-133) and index.
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Introduction : social theory and education : against neoliberal globalization -- A critique of neoliberal globalization -- Globalizations and education -- The banking education of the World Bank: expert knowledge, external assistance and educational reform in the age of neoliberalism : a critique of the World Bank -- No Child Left Behind : a brainchild of neoliberalism and American politics -- From critique to utopia : alternatives to neoliberal globalization -- Education, teachers' unions, and the state : the theses of Lisbon -- The political pedagogy of Paulo Freire -- Critical social theory and educational research -- Globalizations, education, and transformative social justice learning : a preliminary draft of a theory of marginality -- Biography as a genre of political pedagogical struggle -- Education, power, and personal biography : an interview with Carlos Alberto Torres by Armando Alcántara Santuario.