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Thomas Clayton
2000, 243pp
ISBN 10: 962-8093-83-5
ISBN 13: 978-962-8093-83-0
HK$200 (local), US$32 (overseas)
Published by Comparative Education Research Centre (CERC)
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Language policies and practices are controversial in many parts of the world, and are an important focus for comparative study in the field of education. This book makes a major contribution to conceptual debates and understanding.
The book is grounded in the broad, international literature on this topic, and presents deep insights from the case of Cambodia during the decade from 1979. During this period, key elements of Cambodia’s governance were controlled by the authorities in neighboring Vietnam. The type of linguistic and cultural dominance brought by this control was substantially different from that in most other parts of the world. As noted by Mark Ginsburg in the Foreword, Clayton’s analysis of hegemony and pragmatism will attract a broad audience in the fields of language policy studies and comparative education, as well as among scholars concerned specifically with Cambodia.
Thomas Clayton teaches in the Department of English at the University of Kentucky, USA. His substantial links with Cambodia include responsibility for the first long-term US educational program in post-war Cambodia in the early 1990s, and, more recently, secondment to the Royal University of Phnom Penh with sponsorship from the Fulbright Program.
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Mark Bray, Seng Bunly
2005, 113 pp.
ISBN 10: 962-8093-39-8
ISBN 13: 978-962-8093-39-7
HK$100 (local), US$16 (overseas)
Published by Comparative Education Research Centre (CERC) in collaboration with Human Development Unit, East Asia & Pacific Region, The World Bank
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Especially in less-developed countries, governments face great difficulties in financing education systems. Households commonly have to make major contributions of resources in order to bridge the gaps.Cambodia is among the countries in which government capacity has been particularly constrained, and in which the household costs of schooling have been especially high. This situation has created a major burden for poor families, and has exacerbated social inequalities. The Cambodian authorities in conjunction with donor agencies have devised policies to address the problem. They have had some significant successes, though many challenges remain.This book presents empirical data on the household costs of primary and lower secondary schooling. It builds on previous research which received considerable attention both nationally and internationally, and shows changes over time. The book has wide conceptual and policy significance, not only within Cambodia but also internationally.Mark Bray is Chair Professor of Comparative Education at the University of Hong Kong. He has written extensively on aspects of methodology in comparative education, and on the administration and financing of education systems. Seng Bunly is the Director of BN Consult in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He has conducted many consultancies for local and international agencies.
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