Citation: Pole, Kathryn. (2010 September 30) Review of Global Crises, Social Justice, and Education by Michael W. Apple (Ed.) Education Review , 13. Retrieved [Date] from http://www.edrev.info/reviews/rev977.pdf September 30, 2010 ISSN 1094-5296 Apple, Michael W. (Ed.). (2010). Global Crises, Social Justice, and Education . NY: Routledge. Pp. 213 ISBN 978-0-415-00597-9 Review by Kathryn Pole Saint Louis University I am always delighted to find scholarly work that connects dots in educational contexts around the planet. Michael Apple‟s book doe s just that. The major aim of Global Crises, Social Justice, and Education is to demonstrate, through cases set in the US, Japan, Israel/Palestine, and Mexico, the interconnections between neoliberal and neoconservative policies and their impact on education. In six chapters, this book attempts to answer the questions: What do the realities that make it so hard to change education look like? And, what are the things we as educators and community members can do to alter these realities? In the opening c hapter, “Global Crises, Social Justice, and Education,” Apple provides a background on globalization, explaining that education cannot be understood outside the context of an increasingly integrated international economy education review // reseñas educativas editors: gene v glass gustavo e. fischman melissa cast-brede a multi-lingual journal of book reviews