introduction General introduction: Globalization and educational cultures in late modernity: the Agamemnon syndrome, Andreas M Kazamias; Part 1 Perspectives on values, culture and education; Chapter 1 1. Values, culture and education: an overview, Denis Lawton, Robert Cowen; Chapter 2 2.Moral perspectives on values, culture and education, Wing On Lee; Chapter 3 Religious perspectives on values, culture and education, Jo Cairns; Chapter 4 Economic perspectives on values, culture and education: markets in education – a cautionary note, John Mace; Chapter 5 Legal perspectives on values, culture and education: human rights, responsibilities and values in education, Audrey Osier, Hugh Starkey; Part 2 Changing values and cultures in education: national case studies; Chapter 6 Mapping patterns of change in cultures and schools, Roy Gardner; Chapter 7 Changing cultures and schools in Australia, David Aspin, Judith Chapman, Val Klenowski; Chapter 8 Changing cultures and schools in Brazil, Candido Alberto Gomes, Clélia de Freitas Capanema; Chapter 9 Changing cultures and schools in Canada, Geoffrey Milburn, Rebecca Priegert Coulter; Chapter 10 Changing cultures and schools in Denmark, Thyge Winther-Jensen; Chapter 11 Changing cultures and schools in England and Wales, Brian Davies, John Evans; Chapter 12 Changing cultures and schools in France, Olivier Cousin; Chapter 13 Changing cultures and schools in Germany, Manfred Kwiran; Chapter 14 Changing cultures and schools in Japan, Yoshiko Nomura; Chapter 15 Changing cultures and schools in the People's Republic of China: tradition, the market and educational change, Kai-ming Cheng; Chapter 16 Changing cultures and schools in Poland, Janusz Tomiak; Chapter 17 Changing cultures and schools in South Africa, Pam Christie; Chapter 18 Changing cultures and schools in South Korea, Meesuk Ahn, Paddy Walsh; Chapter 19 Changing cultures and schools in the United States of America, Susan Douglas Franzosa; Chapter 20 Conclusion, Denis Lawton;