William F. Pinar is Canada Research Chair in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

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• CONTENTSAcknowledgmentsIntroductionWilliam F. PinarSection IFive Essays of IntroductionChapter 1The Internationalization of Curriculum ResearchTero AutioChapter 2Race and Education in the Age of Digital CapitalismCameron McCarthy, Ergin Bulut, Rushika PatelChapter 3Wisdom Responses to GlobalizationDavid Geoffrey SmithChapter 4The Globalization of Curriculum Research: Lessons from EuropeDaniel TröhlerChapter 5A Nonviolent Perspective on Internationalizing Curriculum StudiesHongyu WangSection II39 Essays on Curriculum Research in 34 CountriesChapter 6Curriculum Studies in Argentina: Documenting the Constitution of a FieldSilvina Feeney and Flavia TerigiChapter 7The Curriculum Field in Brazil since the 1990sAlice Casimiro Lopes and Elizabeth MacedoChapter 8Curriculum Tendencies in BrazilSilvia Elizabeth Miranda de MoraesChapter 9Curricular Landscapes, Neoliberal Densities: Curriculum Reform and Research in ChileClaudia Matus CánovasChapter 10Curriculum Studies in China: Retrospect and ProspectZhang Hua and Zhenyu GaoChapter 11Curriculum Studies in ColombiaJuny Montoya-VargasChapter 12Curriculum Studies in Cyprus: Intellectual History and Present CircumstancesNikoletta ChristodoulouChapter 13Curriculum Development and Research in Ethiopia Woube KassayeChapter 14Governing Autonomy: Subjectivity, Freedom, and Knowledge in Finnish Curriculum Discourse Antti Saari, Sauli Salmela, Jarkko VilkkiläChapter 15Curriculum, Evaluation, and Control in GermanyWolfgang BöttcherChapter 16Competence-Oriented Curriculum Reform in the Federal Republic of GermanyCharlotte RöhnerChapter 17In Search of a Diverse Curriculum: Toward the Making of a Postmodern Hong Kong in the 21st CenturyEdmond Hau-Fai LawChapter 18The Iranian Curriculum Field Recounted: Understanding the Multiplicity of DiscoursesMahmound MehrmohammadiChapter 19 Curriculum Inquiry in the Republic of IrelandKevin Williams and Elaine McDonaldChapter 20Curriculum Planning from the National to the Glocal: The Israeli CaseYehoshua Mathias and Naama SabarChapter 21“Cities and Signs”: Understanding Curriculum Studies in ItalyPaula M. SalvioChapter 22Educational Reform in Contemporary JapanTadahiko AbikoChapter 23Japanese Educational Reform for the Twenty-First Century: The Impact of New Course Studies towards the Post-Modern Era in Japan Shigeru AsanumaChapter 24Political Change and Development of Centralized Curriculum Policy in South KoreaYonghwan LeeChapter 25Curriculum Studies as Reconceptualization Discourse: A Tale of South KoreaYoung Chun Kim, Dong Sung Lee, and Jae Hong JooChapter 26Tomorrow Never Dies A Socio-Historical Analysis of the Luxembourgish CurriculumThomas Lenz, Anne Rohstock and Catherina Schreiber Chapter 27Curriculum Research in MexicoFrida Díaz BarrigaChapter 28Curriculum Research in the NetherlandsWillem Wardekker, Monique Volman, and Jan TerwelChapter 29Curriculum Studies in NigeriaRosita Okekenwa IgweChapter 30Curriculum Theory and Research in Norway: Traditions, Trends and TopicsKirsten Sivesind and Berit KarsethChapter 31Theoretical Approaches Underlying Primary Education Curricula in Peru Lileya Manrique, Diana Revilla and Pilar LamasChapter 32Poland: Through Golden and Dark Ages of History and EducationAleksandra ŁuczakChapter 32Curriculum Research in Portugal: Emergence, Research, and EuropeanizationJosé Augusto Pacheco and Filipa SeabraChapter 34Curriculum: A Constant Concern in RomaniaRodica Mariana NiculescuChapter 35The History of Curriculum in Russia Vladimir BlinovChapter 36Curriculum in SingaporeViniti VaishChapter 37Curriculum Reform and the Field of Curriculum in SpainCésar Coll and Elena MartínChapter 38Curriculum Research in South AfricaLesley LeGrangeChapter 39From Rationalist Autonomy to Scientific Empiricism: A History of Curriculum in SwitzerlandRebekka Horlacher and Andrea De VincentiChapter 40A Review of Curriculum Study in TaiwanHwang, Jenq-Jye, Chang, Chia-Yu, Chen, DerwenChapter 41Curriculum Research in Turkey: From the Ottoman Empire to the RepublicSümer AktanChapter 42Curriculum Studies in Turkey since 2000Dilek Gözütok Chapter 43Developing Curriculum History: A British PerspectiveIvor F. Goodson Chapter 44Curriculum Research in the United States: Crisis, Reconceptualization, InternationalizationWilliam F. PinarContributors