Overview

Education is a thoroughly political enterprise. The process of determining the purpose of education has always been highly controversial. It has resulted in disputes that have not only divided people philosophically, but also on the basis of religion, region, class, race, and ethnicity. As a result, education provides us with a spectacular arena in which to explore the tensions inherent in European and North American societies, as well as an understanding of how current politics shape education policy. This book focuses on the politics of education, relating to the formation of national identities as affected by globalization and multiculturalism. It assesses the ways in which governance institutions, political ideologies and competing interests, both within and outside of the education community, influence the content, form, and functioning of education. As a collection of studies of the political aspects of education and educational policy-making, this book reaffirms that educational phenomena reflect and inevitably serve specific political agendas. Political scientists, sociologists and education scholars will find this to be an important and valuable text.

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Author:   Christos Kassimeris (European University Cyprus, Cyprus) ,  Marios Vryonides (European University Cyprus, Cyprus)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   65
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.362kg
ISBN:  

9781138021860

ISBN 10:   1138021865
Pages:   202
Publication Date:   14 February 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction Christos Kassimeris and Marios Vryonides 2. Politics and Education Christos Kassimeris and Marios Vryonides 3 . The Politics of Education: Challenging Racial Discrimination and Disadvantage in Education in the British Context Gill Crozier 4. Combating Ethnic Educational Disadvantage in the Netherlands: An Analysis of Policies and Effects Geert Driessen 5. The Expanded Federal Role in U.S. Public Schools: The Structural Forces of Globalization, Immigration and Demographic Change A. Gary Dworkin and Pamela F. Tobe 6. Building the Nation at School: Spain’s Tables Turned Mariano Fernández Enguita 7. The Politics of Education in Post-War Germany: From Europeanized Nationhood to Multicultural Citizenship? Daniel Faas 8. Multicultural Education in Canada Neil Guppy and Katherine Lyon 9. Educational Politics and Cultural Diversity in Greece Gitsa Kontogiannopoulou-Polydorides 10. An Ecological Approach to Understanding the Development of Racism in Schools: A Case-study of a Belgian Secondary School Peter Stevens 11. Conclusion Christos Kassimeris and Marios Vryonides

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Marios Vryonides is Assistant Professor at the European University Cyprus. Christos Kassimeris is Chairman of the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at the European University Cyprus.

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