Neriko Musha Doerr, "The Global Education Effect and Japan: Constructing New Borders and Identification Practices" (Routledge, 2020)

New Books in Sociology · Mar 18, 2021 · 46m

The Global Education Effect and Japan: Constructing New Borders and Identification Practices (Routledge, 2020) volume investigates the "global education effect"--the impact of global education initiatives on institutional and individual practices and perceptions--with a special focus on the dynamics of border-construction, recognition, subversion, and erasure regarding "Japan". The Japanese government's push for global education has taken shape mainly in the form of English-Medium Instruction programs and bringing in international students who actually serve as a foreign workforce to fill the…