Chapter 1 The Politics of the New History School Textbooks in the Russian Federation

Chapter 2 Constructing the Australian School History Curriculum: Ideology, High Politics and the History Wars in the Howard Years

Chapter 4 Why Educational Reforms Fail: The Emergence and Failure of an Educational Reform: A Case Study from Israel

Chapter 5 Japanese National Curriculum Standards Reform: Integrated Study and Its Challenges

Chapter 6 Implementation of Education Reform Policies: The Issue of Structural and Cultural Discordance

Chapter 7 Education in China: The Urban/Rural Disparity Explained

Chapter 8 The Academic Achievement Gap in Israel: Inequality in Education

Chapter 9 Stories of Difference: Metropolitan and Rural Students’ Attitudes to University

Chapter 10 Teachers Surviving to Teach: Implications for Post-Soviet Education and Society in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan

Chapter 11 The Politics of Education Reforms and Policy Shifts in the Russian Federation