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COMPARATIVE EDUCATION Contents and Author Index, Volume 42, 2006 may me EDITOR Michael Crossley, Prof CHAIR Peter Jarvis, Prof EDITORIAL BOARD Patricia Broadfoot, P: Robert Cowen, EF) Julian Elliott, Prof Angela Little, Prof David Phillips, P Jurgen Schriewer, Pro/ Michele Schweisfurth, S INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD Harold Herman, [ Ruth Hayhoe, D. Cheng Kai-ming, Fac Robin Burns, Cx Anthony Welch, S Jon Lauglo, VW W José Luis Garcia Garrido, Depa \ Beverly Lindsay, Marcos Formiga, CNP3, Bra VOLUME 42 NUMBER1 FEBRUARY 2006 Special Issue (31): European Union Education and Training Policy Guest Editor: David Phillips CONTENTS Editorial Mapping the European Union agenda in education and training policy David Phillips European Union policies in education and training: the Lisbon agenda as a turning point? Hubert Ertl Education in the European Constitution compared to other international documents: progression or retrogression? Javier Manuel Vall: 29 Making a European area of lifelong learning a reality? Some critical reflections on the European Union’s lifelong learning policies Alexandra Dehmel 49 European perspectives of teacher education and training Fohn Sayer Standardization in EU education and training policy: findings from a European research network Hubert Ertl and David Phillips Making higher education more European through student mobility? Revisiting EU initiatives in the context of the Bologna Process Vassiliki Papatsiba Developing a European identity: a case study of the European School at Culham Nicola Savvides The European Dimension in Greek education in the context of the European Union Anastasia Diamantopoulou 131 VOLUME 42 NUMBER2 MAY 2006 CONTENTS Editorial Understanding inequalities and promoting successful learning: insights from comparative research Michael Crossley A vision of successful schooling: Ghanaian teachers’ understandings of learning, teaching and assessment Kwame Akyeampong, Fohn Pryor and Ffoseph Ghartey Ampiah Accomplishing lessons in postcolonial classrooms: comparative perspectives from Botswana and Brunei Darussalam Jo Arthur and Peter Martin School autonomy in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina: evidence from two school districts M. Fernanda Astiz The policy cycle and vernacular globalization: a case study of the creation of Vietnam National University—Hochiminh City Thanh Minh Ngo, Bob Lingard and Fane Mitchell Inequalities in school systems: effect of school structure or of society structure? Vincent Dupriez and Xavier Dumay Policies for disadvantaged children under scrutiny: the Dutch policy compared with policies in France, England, Flanders and the USA Sjoerd Karsten Book reviews VOLUME 42 NUMBER3 AUGUST 2006 Special Issue (32): Comparative Methodologies in the Social Sciences— Cross-Disciplinary Inspirations Guest Editor: Jirgen Schriewer CONTENTS Introductory article Comparative social science: characteristic problems and changing problem solutions Fiirgen Schriewer No fear of comparisons or context: on the foundations of historical sociology Lars Myoset Comparison and causal explanation Fritz Ringer Comparative history of cultures and societies. From cross-societal analysis to the study of intercultural interdependencies Hannes Siegrist Network analysis in comparative social sciences Eugenia Roldan Vera and Thomas Schupp Beyond achievement and attainment studies—revitalizing a comparative sociology of education Francisco O. Ramirez Global history and critiques of western perspectives Dominic Sachsenmaier VOLUME 42 NUMBER4 NOVEMBER 2006 CONTENTS Editorial Multiculturalism, mediation and educational policy Michael Crossley The global—local interface in multicultural education policies in Japan Kaori H. Okano Contact, culture and context: evidence from mixed faith schools in Northern Ireland and Israel Caitlin Donnelly and Ffoanne Hughes Nous écouter, nous soutenir, nous apprendre: a comparative study of pupils’ perceptions of the pedagogic process Elizabeth A {cNes S Missed opportunities: the IEA’s study of civic education and civic education in post-communist countries Elisabeth Buk-Berge Reform and reaction: creating new education and training structures in Italy Fohn Polesel Book reviews Contents and author index, volume 42, 2006 Author index Akyeampong, Kwame, 155 Mitchell, Jane, 225 Ampiah, Joseph Ghartey, 155 Myjeset, Lars, 337 Arthur, Jo, 177 Astiz, M. Fernanda, 203 Ngo, Thanh Minh, 225 Buk-Berge, Elisabeth, 533 Okano, Kaori H., 473 Crossley, Michael, 153, 471 Papatsiba, Vassiliki, 93 Phillips, David, 1, 77 Dehmel, Alexandra, 49 Polesel, John, 549 Diamantopoulou, Anastasia, 131 Pryor, John, 155 Donnelly, Caitlin, 493 Dumay, Xavier, 243 Ramirez, Francisco O., 431 Dupriez, Vincent, 243 Ringer, Fritz, 363 Ertl, Hubert, 5, 77 Sachsenmaier, Dominic, 451 Savvides, Nicola, 113 Hughes, Joanne, 493 Sayer, John, 63 Schriewer, Jurgen, 299 Karsten, Sjoerd, 261 Schupp, Thomas, 405 Lingard, Bob, 225 Siegrist, Hannes, 377 Martin, Peter, 177 Valle, Javier Manuel, 29 MeNess, Elizabeth, 517 Vera, Eugenia Roldan, 405