d. brent edwards jr.
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Book Chapters


I have been invited to contribute to many key volumes with themes related to education in the context of globalization, international development, systems thinking, and Latin America, among others.

Volumes to which I have contributed include:
  • Systems approaches in education
  • The rise of external actors in education: Shifting boundaries globally and locally
  • Critical issues in education systems: Comparative-international perspectives
  • Community participation in schools in developing countries: Towards equitable and inclusive basic education for all
  • Global Education Policy and International Development: New Agendas, Issues and Programmes
  • Global testing culture: Shaping education policy, perceptions, and practice​

Forthcoming

Moschetti, M., Quilabert, E., Caravaca, A., Grillet, P., & Edwards Jr., D.B. (forthcoming). “The entanglements of neoliberal bureaucracy: Privatization of education reform in Paraguay,” In C. Montfort, M. Camphuisjen, & A. Zuurmond (Eds.), The public-private entanglement of education: Privatization, partnerships and how to safeguard public values.

Edwards Jr., D.B., Moschetti., M., Díaz-Ríos, C., Ng., S., Grillet, P., Ghersi, V., Caywood, N. (forthcoming). “Theoretical approaches to studying education policy and the state in research on Latin America: A systematic review of the literature.” In D.B. Edwards Jr., M. Moschetti & C. Díaz-Ríos (Eds.), The state and education policy in Latin America: Fault lines, foundations, and alternatives. Brill-Sense.
 
Edwards Jr., D.B., Moschetti., M., Caravaca, A. (forthcoming). “Network governance and new philanthropy in the Dominican Republic: Reconfiguring the state apparatus through education reform.” In D.B. Edwards Jr., M. Moschetti & C. Díaz-Ríos (Eds.), The state and education policy in Latin America: Fault lines, foundations, and alternatives. Brill-Sense.
 
Edwards Jr., D.B., Moschetti., M., Caravaca, A. (forthcoming). “Theorizing the post-colonial state: Going beyond policy sociology in explaining educational privatization in Honduras.” In D.B. Edwards Jr., M. Moschetti & C. Díaz-Ríos (Eds.), The state and education policy in Latin America: Fault lines, foundations, and alternatives. Brill-Sense.
 
Edwards Jr., D.B. & Madany-Saa, M. (forthcoming). “The legacy of liberation theology: Practical and theoretical insights from El Salvador for resisting, pushing, and avoiding the state.” In D.B. Edwards Jr., M. Moschetti & C. Díaz-Ríos (Eds.), The state and education policy in Latin America: Fault lines, foundations, and alternatives. Brill-Sense.

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Edwards Jr., D. B., Hartley, H., & DeMatthews, D. (forthcoming). “The problematics of public-
private partnerships: Lessons from the dynamics of accountability and competition in Bogotá, Colombia.” In K. Kelly (Ed.), Education in global contexts. Emerald.

2024

Edwards Jr., D. B., Caravaca, A., Moschetti, M. (2024). “Where the public was always private: Going beyond privatization in/of/through education and policymaking in post-colonial contexts.” In A. Santalova & K. Poder (Eds.), Privatization in and of public education. (pp. 242-262). Oxford University Press.

Edwards Jr., D.B., Verger, A., McKenzie, M., & Takayama, K. (2024). “Global education policy movement: Evolving contexts and research approaches,” In D.B. Edwards Jr., A. Verger, M. McKenzie & K. Takayama (Eds.), Researching global education policy: Diverse approaches to policy movement. (pp. 161-188). Policy Press.

Edwards Jr., D.B. & Wang, C. (2024). “Bibliographic ethnography of global education policy documents: Theoretical and methodological foundations for researching the work of citations in (con)text,” In D.B. Edwards Jr., A. Verger, M. McKenzie & K. Takayama (Eds.), Researching global education policy: Diverse approaches to policy movement. (pp. 1-38). Policy Press.

Edwards Jr., D.B., Moschetti, M., Martin, P. & Morales-Ulloa, R. (2024). “Neglect of Central America and the Latin Caribbean,” In D.B. Edwards Jr., M. Moschetti, P. Martin & R. Morales-Ulloa (Eds.), Education and Development in Central America and the Latin Caribbean: Global forces, local responses. (pp. 3-22). Bloomsbury.

Edwards Jr., D.B. (2024). “The political economy of education and development in Central America and the Latin Caribbean: Regional dynamics and a framework for analysis,” In D.B. Edwards Jr., M. Moschetti, P. Martin & R. Morales-Ulloa (Eds.), Education and Development in Central America and the Latin Caribbean: Global forces, local responses. (pp. 23-44). Bloomsbury.

Edwards Jr., D.B. (2024). “Comparative analysis of education reform in Central America: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, 1990-2010,” In D.B. Edwards Jr., M. Moschetti, P. Martin & R. Morales-Ulloa (Eds.), Education and Development in Central America and the Latin Caribbean: Global forces, local responses. (pp. 45-77). Bloomsbury.

Caravaca, A., Moschetti, M., Edwards Jr., D.B., & Bonal, X. (2024). “Contrasting trends of low-fee private schools in the Dominican Republic and Honduras: Dialectical relationships and the ethos of privatization,” In D.B. Edwards Jr., M. Moschetti, P. Martin & R. Morales-Ulloa (Eds.), Education and Development in Central America and the Latin Caribbean: Global forces, local responses. (pp. 273-291). Bloomsbury.

Edwards Jr., D.B. (2024). “The dialectics of education and development in Central America and the Latin Caribbean,” In D.B. Edwards Jr., M. Moschetti, P. Martin & R. Morales-Ulloa (Eds.), Education and Development in Central America and the Latin Caribbean: Global forces, local responses. (pp. 315-345). Bloomsbury.

Edwards Jr., D.B. (2024). “Whither education and development in Central America and the Latin Caribbean? Dialectical reflections, decolonial options,” In D.B. Edwards Jr., M. Moschetti, P. Martin & R. Morales-Ulloa (Eds.), Education and Development in Central America and the Latin Caribbean: Global forces, local responses. (pp. 346-354). Bloomsbury.

Caravaca, A., Edwards Jr, D. B., & Moschetti, M. C. (2023). New philanthropy and implications for education development: Lessons from the Dominican Republic. In A. Terway & M. V. Faul (Eds.), Policy Insights: Models of Philanthropy in Education (pp. 35-38). NORRAG.

2023

​Edwards Jr., D. B. & Moschetti, M. (2023). “The work of international organizations: Ten theoretical approaches and a way forward.” In Tierney, R.J, Rizvi, F., Erkican, K. (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education, Vol. 1. (pp. 465-479). Elsevier.
 

Parra, J. & Edwards Jr., D. B. (2023). “Systems, complexity and realist evaluation: Reflections from a large-scale education policy evaluation in Colombia,” In M. Faul & L. Savage (Eds.), Systems thinking in international education and development. (pp. 183-203). Cheltenham, UK: E. Elgar. (open access).

Edwards Jr., D. B. (2023). “The World Bank and social sector reform: An introduction to the ritual aid dance,” in D.B. Edwards Jr., Rethinking World Bank influence: Governance reforms and the ritual aid dance in Indonesia. (pp. 3-24). Routledge.
 
Edwards Jr., D. B. (2023). “Explaining global-local policy change and implementation: The political economy of reform in realist, systems, and anthropological perspective,” in D.B. Edwards Jr., Rethinking World Bank influence: Governance reforms and the ritual aid dance in Indonesia. (pp. 24-49). Routledge.
 
Edwards Jr., D. B. (2023).
“Participation in development and education governance: World Bank thinking, frameworks, and results,” in D.B. Edwards Jr., Rethinking World Bank influence: Governance reforms and the ritual aid dance in Indonesia. (pp. 50-72). Routledge.
 
Edwards Jr., D. B. & Storen, I. (2023). “The context and origins of community-driven development in Indonesia,” in D.B. Edwards Jr., Rethinking World Bank influence: Governance reforms and the ritual aid dance in Indonesia. (pp. 75-89). Routledge.
 
Edwards Jr., D. B. & Storen, I. (2023). “The Asian Financial Crisis: Entrenching and scaling-up community-driven development reforms,” in D.B. Edwards Jr., Rethinking World Bank influence: Governance reforms and the ritual aid dance in Indonesia. (pp. 90-107). Routledge.
 
Edwards Jr., D. B. & Storen, I. (2023). “The World Bank and education governance in Indonesia: Influence around and beyond school-based management,” in D.B. Edwards Jr., Rethinking World Bank influence: Governance reforms and the ritual aid dance in Indonesia. (pp. 108-126). Routledge.
 
Edwards Jr., D. B., Hillarious, M., McCormick, M., & Setiani, D. (2023). “Educational decentralization in Indonesia: Dominant rationales, key characteristics, and early examples,” in D.B. Edwards Jr., Rethinking World Bank influence: Governance reforms and the ritual aid dance in Indonesia. (pp. 129-148). Routledge.
 
Edwards Jr., D. B., Setiani, D., McCormick, M., & Hillarious, M. (2023). “School-based management through block grants: Policy and practice,” in D.B. Edwards Jr., Rethinking World Bank influence: Governance reforms and the ritual aid dance in Indonesia. (pp. 149-167). Routledge.
 
Edwards Jr., D. B., Hillarious, M., & Storen, I. (2023). “Educational decentralization from the central to the village level,” in D.B. Edwards Jr., Rethinking World Bank influence: Governance reforms and the ritual aid dance in Indonesia. (pp. 168-188). Routledge.
 
Edwards Jr., D. B., Hillarious, M., & Storen, I. (2023). “Reconsidering decentralization: A systems perspective,” in D.B. Edwards Jr., Rethinking World Bank influence: Governance reforms and the ritual aid dance in Indonesia. (pp. 191-210). Routledge.
 
Edwards Jr., D. B., (2023). “Reconsidering social sector reform: Ritual governance,” in D.B. Edwards Jr., Rethinking World Bank influence: Governance reforms and the ritual aid dance in Indonesia. (pp. 211-231). Routledge.
 
Edwards Jr., D. B. (2023).
“Reconsidering World Bank influence: The ritual aid dance,” in D.B. Edwards Jr., Rethinking World Bank influence: Governance reforms and the ritual aid dance in Indonesia. (pp. 232-259). Routledge.

2022

Edwards Jr., D. B. & Martin, P. (2022). “The international political economy of education reform in Central America: Comparative analysis and future directions.” In M. T. Cruz (Ed.), Quality Education in Central America: Dynamics and tensions among approaches to education and development. (pp. 230-268). University of Central America. [In Spanish] 

Edwards Jr., D. B. & Le, H. (2022). “When teachers become the external actor: Private tutoring and endogenous privatization in Cambodia,” in C. Lubienski, M. Yemini & C. Maxwell (Eds.), The rise of external actors in education: Shifting boundaries globally and locally. (pp. 31-49). Policy Press.

2021

Edwards Jr., D. B. (2021). “Globalization and education: Understanding and problematizing approaches to global governance and the global education policy field,” In H. Steyn & C. Wolhuter (Eds.), Critical issues in education systems: Comparative-international perspectives. (pp. 247-278). Axiom.

2020

Edwards Jr., D. B., DeMatthews, D., Spear, A., & Hartley, H. (2020). “Connecting parental involvement, adult education, and community organizing through social justice leadership: Lessons from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.” In M. Nishimura (Ed.), Community participation in schools in developing countries: Towards equitable and inclusive basic education for all. (pp. 75-87). New York: Routledge.
 
Edwards Jr., D. B. (2020). “False advertising and first principles: Misrepresentation of research evidence from El Salvador and the need to change the paradigm of community-based management” In M. Nishimura (Ed.), Community participation in schools in developing countries: Towards equitable and inclusive basic education for all. (pp. 200-212). New York: Routledge. 

Edwards Jr., D. B. (2020). “The ‘significance’ of epistemicide: Unpacking the problematic statistical foundations of knowledge production in global education governance.” In E. Anderson et al. (Eds.), Interrogating and innovating comparative and international education: Decolonizing practices for inclusive, safe spaces. (pp. 206-220). Rotterdam: Sense. 

Edwards Jr., D. B. (2020). “Best practices from best methods? Big data and the limitations of impact evaluation in the global governance of education,” in T. Jules & F. Salajan (Eds.), The Educational Intelligent Economy:  Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and the Internet of Things in Education. (pp. 69-85). Bingley, UK: Emerald.

2019

Edwards Jr., D. B. & Moschetti, M. (2019). “Global education policy, innovation, and social reproduction.” In M. Peters & R. Heraud (Eds.), Encyclopedia of education innovation. Springer.
 
Edwards Jr., D. B. (2019). “Education in El Salvador: The recent political economy of education policy,” In C. Ornelas (Ed.), Politics of education in Latin America: Endurance, resistance, and reforms. (pp. 190-214). Rotterdam: Sense. 

         Translated and published as: Edwards Jr., D. B. (2020). Educación en El Salvador:     
         Dinámica de las reformas recientes, 1990-2015
. In C. Ornelas (Ed.), Política educative en
​         América Latina: Reformas, resistencia y persistencia
. (pp. 278-313. Siglo Veintiuno.
 
Edwards Jr., D.B. (2019). “Accountability through community-based management? Implications from the local level implementation in El Salvador of a globally-popular model,” In K. A. Heidemann & R. A. Clothey (Eds.), Another Way: Decentralization, Democratization, and the Global Politics of Community-Based Schooling. (pp. 44-60). Rotterdam: Sense.

2018

Kitamura, Y., Edwards Jr., D. B., Chinnh S., & Williams, J. (2018). "Factors that reduce student retention in primary and secondary schools in Cambodia: An analysis based on their narratives", in Takeshi Sekiya (ed.) Student Learning in Developing Countries. (pp. 183-214). Hyogo: Kwansei Gakuin University Press. [In Japanese] 

Edwards Jr., D. B. (2018). School-based management: Questions and concerns. (pp. 29-31). In Education International (Ed.), Reality check: The Bank’s 2018 World Development Report on Education. Brussels: Education International.

Edwards Jr., D. B., Martin, P., & Flores, I. (2018). “Teacher education in El Salvador: Historical, political, and technical dimensions,” In C. Wolhuter (Ed.), International Handbook of teacher education, second edition. (pp. 80-96). Athens: Atrapos. 

Edwards Jr., D. B. (2018). “School- and community-based management as global education policy: History, trajectory, geography,” In A. Verger, M. Novelli & H. Kosar-Altinyelken (Eds.), Global Education Policy and International Development: New Agendas, Issues and Programmes, second edition. (pp. 119-140). New York: Continuum.

2017

Edwards Jr., D. B., Martin, P., & Flores, I. (2017). “El Salvador: Past, Present and Prospects of Education,” In C. M. Posner, Chris Martin, Yvonne Martin (Eds.), Education in México, Central America and the Latin Caribbean. (pp. 141-168). New York: Continuum. 

Edwards Jr., D. B. & Storen, I. (2017). “The World Bank and educational assistance,” In G. Noblit (Ed.), Oxford research encyclopedia of education, Oxford University Press.

2016

Edwards Jr., D. B. (2016). “A perfect storm: The political economy of community-based management, teacher accountability, and impact evaluations in El Salvador and the global reform agenda,” In W. Smith (Ed.) Global testing culture: Shaping education policy, perceptions, and practice. (pp. 25-42). Oxford Studies in Comparative Education. Oxford, UK: Symposium.

2015

Edwards Jr., D. B., Martin, P., & Victoria, J. A.(2015). “Differential support, divergent success: Three case studies of international influence in education policy formation in El Salvador.” In C. Brown (Ed.), Globalisation, international education policy & local policy formation: Voices from the developing world. (pp. 39-58). New York: Springer.

Edwards Jr., D. B. (2015). “Conflict-affected states as sources of global education policy: International organizations and El Salvador’s EDUCO program”. In Z. Gross & L. Davies (Eds.), The contested role of education in conflict and fragility. (pp. 85-103). Rotterdam: Sense. 

Edwards Jr., D. B., & Brehm. W. (2015). “Getting to the decision-making table in educational governance: The emergence of Cambodian civil society within the ‘new global geometry of power,” In Y. Kitamura, D. B. Edwards Jr., S. Chhinh, & J. Williams (Eds.), The political economy of schooling in Cambodia: Issues of equity and quality. (pp. 35-57). Palgrave MacMillan. 

Hayashi, M. & Edwards J., D. B. (2015). “Policy intention versus policy implementation: Disparities in equity and diversity in inclusive education in Cambodia,” In Y. Kitamura, D. B. Edwards Jr., S. Chhinh, & J. Williams (Eds.), The political economy of schooling in Cambodia: Issues of equity and quality. (pp. 79-102). Palgrave MacMillan. 

Edwards Jr., D. B., Zimmerman, T., Chhinh, S., Williams, J., & Kitamura, Y. (2015). “The complexity of continuation: A narrative perspective on student transition and dropout from primary to lower secondary school in Cambodia”. In Y. Kitamura, D. B. Edwards Jr., S. Chhinh, & J. Williams (Eds.), The political economy of schooling in Cambodia: Issues of equity and quality. (pp. 147-169). Palgrave MacMillan. 

Chhinh, S., Edwards Jr., D.B., Williams, J., & Kitamura, Y. (2015). “Introduction,” In Y. Kitamura, D. B. Edwards Jr., S. Chhinh, & J. Williams (Eds.), The political economy of schooling in Cambodia: Issues of equity and quality. (pp. 3-12). Palgrave MacMillan.

2014

Klees, S., & Edwards Jr., D. B. (2014). “Knowledge production and technologies of governance.” In T. Fenwick, E. Mangez, & J. Ozga (Eds.), World yearbook of education 2014: Governing knowledge: Comparison, knowledge-based technologies and expertise in the regulation of education. (pp. 31-43). New York: Routledge.

2013

Edwards Jr., D. B., & Mbatia, P. (2013). “Education decentralization and school clusters in Namibia: Technical, institutional, and political dimensions.” In A. Verger, H. Kosar-Altinyelken, & M. de Koning (Eds.), Global managerial education reforms and reachers: Emerging policies, controversies and issues in developing contexts. (pp. 55-73). Brussels: Education International.

2012

Edwards Jr., D. B., & Klees, S. (2012). “Participation in international development and education governance.” In A. Verger, M. Novelli & H. Kosar-Altinyelken (Eds.), Global Education Policy and International Development: New Agendas, Issues and Programmes. (pp. 55-77). New York: Continuum. 

Edwards Jr., D. B. (2012). “The approach of the World Bank to participation in development and education governance: Trajectories, frameworks, results.” In C. Collins & A. Wiseman (Eds.), Education strategy in the developing world: Understanding the World Bank’s education policy revision. (pp. 249-273). Bingley, UK: Emerald.