Educational decentralization: asian experiences and conceptual contributions / edited by Christopher Bjork

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. E.M.Hanson: Strategies of Educational Decentralization: Key Questions and Core Issues.- 2. J.N.Hawkins: Walking on Three Legs: Centralization Decentralization and Recentralization in Chinese Education.- 3. J.Lai-ngok Wong: The Effect of Local Interpretation of Local Interpretation of Decentralization on School policy in Guangdong Province of China.- 4. J.Tan: Limited Decentralization in the Singapore Education System.- 5: M. Bray, Kwok-Chun Tang: Building and Diversifying Education Systems: Evolving Patterns and Contrasting Trends in Hong Kong and Macau.- 6. H.Muta: Trends and Issues in Deregulation and Decentralization in Educational Administration in Japan.- 7. E-g. Kim: Educational Decentralization in Korea: Major Issues and Controversies.- 8. C.Bjork: Transferring Authority to Local School Communities in Indonesia: Ambitious Plans, Mixed Results.- 9. M.N.N.Lee: Educational Decentralization Reforms in Malaysia: Centralized Decentralization.- 10. R.Govinda, M.Bandyopadhyay: Decentralization of Educational Governance in India: Trends and Issues.- 11. M.V.Mukundan: Does Rhetorical Always Match Reality? An Overview of Educational Decentralization in Kerala, India.- 12. B.Raza Jamil: Decentralization and Devolution in Pakistan: Educational Implications of the Praetorian Interpretation.- 13. W.J.Perera: Efforts Toward Decentralization : Ideology vs. Reality-the Sri Lankan Case