This book explores the nexus between education and politics in Lebanon, Northern Ireland, and Macedonia, drawing from an extensive body of original evidence and literature on power-sharing and post-conflict education in these post-conflict societies, as well as the repercussions that emerged from the end of civil war. This book demonstrates that education policy affects the resilience of political settlements by helping reproduce and reinforce the mutually exclusive religious, ethnic, and national communities that participated in conflict and now share political power. Using curricula for subjects-such as history, citizenship education, and languages-and structures like the existence of state-funded separate or common schools, Fontana shows that power-sharing constrains the scope for specific education reforms and offers some suggestions for effective ones to aid political stability and reconciliation after civil wars.
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This book explores the nexus between education and politics in Lebanon, Northern Ireland, and Macedonia, drawing from an extensive body of original evidence and literature on power-sharing and post-conflict education in these post-conflict societies, as well as the repercussions that emerged from the end of civil war.
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1 Introduction 2 Consociation and Education policy in Deeply Divided Societies 3 Compulsory Education in Lebanon, Northern Ireland and Macedonia 4 Reforming History Education 5 Formulating Citizenship Education 6 Languages of Instruction 7 Intergroup Contact and Separation in Schools Conclusion: Separate to Unite
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"This well-composed book demonstrates original fieldwork, is genuinely comparative, and displays a mature grasp of the conceptual, empirical, and normative implications of consociational theory. Anyone interested in the educational arrangements within consociations should start here." (Brendan O'Leary, Lauder Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, USA) "This book offers an enlightening contribution to the literature on consociationalism. Through a rigorous and skillful comparison of three protracted conflicts-Northern Ireland, Macedonia, and Lebanon-the author is able to show the effect of a peace agreement based on consociational principles upon the education system. This true gem of a book will surely provoke intense debate." (Germ Janmaat, Reader in Comparative Social Science, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK )
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ISBN
9783319314259
Publisert
2016-08-09
Utgiver
Vendor
Springer International Publishing AG
Vekt
5308 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Aldersnivå
05, 06, U, P
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
317

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Biographical note

Giuditta Fontana is Leverhulme Fellow at the University of Birmingham, UK. She is also Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Divided Societies at King's College London, UK, and at the Centre for Conflict Studies at Utrecht University, the Netherlands.