Main group 1

• Bray, Mark.; Adamson, Bob.; Mason, Mark., Comparative Education Research: Approaches and Methods, 2nd ed. 2014., Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2014Compulsory*
• Cowen, Robert.; Kazamias, Andreas M., International Handbook of Comparative Education, Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2009Compulsory*
• Green, Andy, Education and State Formation: Europe, East Asia and the USA, Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2013Compulsory*
• Altbach, P.G., Trends in Comparative Education. In: Comparative Education Review, 35(3) (pp. 491–507)
• Kazamias, A., Re-inventing the historical in Comparative Education: Reflektion on a protean episteme by a contemporary player. In: Comparative Education 37(4) (pp. 439–449)
• Anderson, Benedict, Imagined communities: reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism, Rev. and extended ed., London, Verso, 1991 (Chapters 1–3)
• Rosemary Deema, Ka Ho Mokb and Lisa Lucasa, Transforming Higher Education in Whose Image? Exploring the Concept of the 'World-Class' University in Europe and Asia" Higher Education Policy, Higher Education Policy, 2008, 21, (83-97)., 2008
• Crossley, M. and Tikly, L., Postcolonial perspectives and comparative and international research in education: a critical introduction, Crossley, M. and Tikly, L., 2004 (603–621)

Some articles and material can be added by the course leader.

* Compulsory