This book comprises a collection of studies of European and North American educational systems. It assesses the ways in which governance institutions, political ideologies and competing interests influence the content, form, and functioning of education, and how the formation of national identities is affected by globalization and multiculturalism.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
