"What are the implications of re-theorizing 'service-learning' in the Asian context--an area that encompasses some 60 percent of the world's population? Xing, Ma, and their colleagues delineate a new pedagogy that will enhance service, civic engagement, an

"This book is a major gift to scholars and educators, across Asia and elsewhere, who are concerned with educating students about the region's diverse cultures and traditions, its social and economic disparities, and the joys and challenges of cross-nation

Jun Xing is a professor and chair of ethnic studies at Oregon State University. His previous publications include Baptized in the Fire of Revolution (1996), Asian America through the Lens (1998), Reversing the Lens (2003), Teaching for Change (2006), and Seeing Color (2007). Carol Hok Ka Ma is assistant director of the Office of Service-Learning and an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at Lingnan University, Hong Kong.