Introduction / Gustavo E. Fischman & Peter McLaren -- New labour, globalization, and social justice : the role of education / Mike Cole -- State theory and the neo-liberal reconstruction of schooling and teacher education / Dave Hill -- War talk and the shredding of the social contract : youth and the politics of domestic militarization / Henry Giroux -- The post-historical university? : prospects for alternative globalizations / Michael A. Peters -- Globalization, September 11, and the restructuring of education / Douglas Kellner -- Post-racial states / David Theo Goldberg -- How much does education need the state / Heinz Sünker -- Social subjectivity and mutual recognition as basic terms of a critical theory of education / Albert Scherr -- Critical theory and pedagogy : Adorno and Horkheirmer's contemporary significance for a critical pedagogy / Ludwig Pongratz -- Education for radical humanization in neo-liberal times : a review of Paulo Freire's later work / Peter Mayo ---