The focus of this article is on Hong Kong and mainland Chinese university student reactions, in two time periods, to national themes in education as part of state attempts to establish and maintain legitimacy. The author argues that among these reactions is one of resistance to the process of state hegemony. To make this point, the article builds…

This article explores the experiences and perspectives on citizenship in an international, global context of 30 Brazilian, Chinese, and Italian graduate students studying in the United States, with special emphasis on their understandings of the geographic reach of their personal and professional rights and responsibilities. International graduate…

In recent decades, educational and curricular reforms worldwide have been designed with the goal of preparing citizens for the challenges of globalization. Globalization has been thought to require the broadening of children's occupational perspectives beyond conventional geopolitical borders and cultures. And this requirement has led to doubts…