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Title
The global imaginary of international school communities / Heather A. Meyer.
ISBN
3030727440 (electronic book)
9783030727444 (electronic bk.)
3030727432
9783030727437
Published
Cham : Springer, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-72744-4 doi
Call Number
LC1090
Dewey Decimal Classification
370.116
Summary
This book offers a new perspective into the world of international schools and the lucrative industry that accompanies it. It examines how the notion of the global becomes a successful commodity, an important social imaginary and a valuable identity marker for these communities of privileged migrants and host country nationals.
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Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 14, 2021).
1. Introduction
2. Constructing the Global Imaginary
3. Boundaries and the Exclusion of the local
4. Mapping the Culture of International Schools
5. A Global Network
6. Transitioning Through the International School System
7. Moving Forward: Reconstructing the Global Imaginary.