Editors' Introduction

EDWARD BODINE and Bernhard T. Streitwieser

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A Matter of Self-Governance and Control

The Reconstruction of Swedish Education Policy: 1980-2003
LISBETH LUNDAHL

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State, Market, and Civil Forces in the Governance of Education 

The Case of Sweden, France, Germany and the Czech Republic 
HOLGER DAUN and PETROULA SIMINOU

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From Centralism to Decentralization  

The Recent Transformation of the Spanish Education System
JULIÁN LUENGO, DIEGO SEVILLA  and MÓNICA TORRES
 

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The Interrelationship Between the State and the Local Community in the German School Tradition
GERT GEISSLER 

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Radical Decentralization and the Role of Community in Polish Educational Reform 
EDWARD BODINE

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