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The article reviews the book "Rankings and the reshaping of higher education: the battle vor world-class excellence," by Ellen Hazelkorn.

Books reviewed: Megan Boler, Democratic Dialogue in Education: Troubling Speech, Disturbing Silence David L. Kirp, Shakespeare, Einstein and the Bottom Line David T. Conley, College Knowledge: What It Really Takes for Students to Succeed and What We Can Do to Get Them Ready. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews several books on education. "Education in Divided Societies," by Tony Gallagher; "Issues in Holocaust Education," by Geoffrey Short and Carole Ann Reed; "Internationalizing Higher Education. Critical Explorations of Pedagogy and Policy," edited by Peter Ninnes and Meeri Hellstèn; "New Realities of Secondary Teachers' Work Lives: An International Comparative Study of the Impact of Educational Change on the Work Lives of Secondary School Teachers in Nine Countries," edited by P. Poppleton and J. Williamson.

Reviews two books about information technology by Manuel Castells. "The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture"; "The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the Internet, Business, and Society."

Reviews the books `Schools and Social Justice,' by R.W. Connell and `Child and Citizen: Genealogies of Schooling and Subjectivity,' edited by Denise Meredyth and Deborah Tyler.

The article reviews the book "Power and Politics in University Governance: Organization and Change at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México," by Imanol Ordorika.

The article reviews the book "The Lost Soul of Higher Education: Corporatization, the Assault on Academic Freedom, and the End of the American University," by Ellen Schrecker.

The article reviews the book "Understanding the International Student Experience," by Catherine Montgomery.

Reviews the book `The Mockers and the Mocked: Comparative Perspectives on Differentiation, Convergence and Diversity in Higher Education,' Edited by V. Lynn Meek, Leo Geodegebuure, Osmo Kivinen and Risto Rinne.