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Michael A. Peters is professor of education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Glasgow. He is the executive editor of
'Educational Philosophy and Theory' and editor of twointernational ejournals, 'Policy Futures in Education'and 'E-Learning'. His interests are in education,philosophy and social policy and he has written over thirty-five books, three hundred articles and chapters,including most recently 'Why Foucault? New Directions in Educational Research' (Peter Lang, 2007), 'Building Knowledge Cultures: Educational and Development in the Age of Knowledge Capitalism' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006), both with Tina (A.C.) Besley, and 'Development and the Future of the University' (Sense,2007).