Recent additions to the series of bibliographies entitled American Dissertations on Foreign Education deal with Central and South America and the Caribbean. The compilers indicate that these volumes bring together in abstract form “all locatable doctoral dissertations completed in the United States and Canada…on public and private education at all school levels on all school subjects.” The years covered in the volumes are not specified, but entries on the Caribbean span the period from 1950 to the mid 1970s.

This volume is one of 18 in a series, “Education around the World”, (series editor, Colin Brock), that looks at “education across virtually every territory in the world” with a view to providing “an insight to the field of international and comparative education” (Thomas 2014, vii). The editor of this volume titled Education in the Commonwealth Caribbean and Netherlands Antilles, Dr. Emel Thomas, stated that this volume is “concerned mainly with the impact and development of education in Caribbean countries” (p.

The education sector is integrally related and profoundly bound to politics, social stratification, culture and the economy. This is a generalization that could be applied to education wherever it is found. The fulcrum of the interplay of these forces resides finnly in educational administration. Through educational administration these interlocking factors fashion and shape the educational system.

Re-imagining Education is a “must read”; a most welcome addition to the educational literature. It documents issues associated with the context and process of education and creates an awareness of the need for us to “take stock” of what is and reimagine what can and should be... The several chapters address different themes, from philosophical /ideological perspectives and globalisation to policy, sustainable development and inclusiveness, teacher education, Information and Communication Technology, gender and school violence.