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The political economy of education in the Arab world / edited by Hicham Alaoui, Robert Springborg.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publisher, [2021]Description: ix, 297 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781626379350
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370.917/4927 23
LOC classification:
  • LA1491 .P65 2021
Contents:
The Political Economy of Education in the Arab World / Hicham Alaoui and Robert Springborg -- Democracy and Education / Ishac Diwan -- Citizenship in Egyptian, Tunisian, and Moroccan History Textbooks / Roel Meijer -- University Reforms in Egypt and Morocco / Florian Kohstall -- Educational Policy in Sisi's Egypt / Robert Springborg -- The Impact of Poverty and Corruption on Educational Quality in Tunisia / Lindsay J. Benstead -- US University Campuses in the Gulf Monarchies / Christopher M. Davidson -- Foreign Scholarship Programs in Algeria and Saudi Arabia / Adel Hamaizia and Andrew Leber -- Lessons from Latin America / Merilee S. Grindle -- Lessons from East Asia? / Alisa Jones -- The Challenges of Educational Reform in the Arab World / Hicham Alaoui and Robert Springborg
Summary: "Asking why the quality of education in so many Arab countries remains low, the authors find answers in the authoritarian political economies that shape the architecture of national governance across the region"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Oman Library General Collection LA1491 .P65 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 30347000011897

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Political Economy of Education in the Arab World / Hicham Alaoui and Robert Springborg -- Democracy and Education / Ishac Diwan -- Citizenship in Egyptian, Tunisian, and Moroccan History Textbooks / Roel Meijer -- University Reforms in Egypt and Morocco / Florian Kohstall -- Educational Policy in Sisi's Egypt / Robert Springborg -- The Impact of Poverty and Corruption on Educational Quality in Tunisia / Lindsay J. Benstead -- US University Campuses in the Gulf Monarchies / Christopher M. Davidson -- Foreign Scholarship Programs in Algeria and Saudi Arabia / Adel Hamaizia and Andrew Leber -- Lessons from Latin America / Merilee S. Grindle -- Lessons from East Asia? / Alisa Jones -- The Challenges of Educational Reform in the Arab World / Hicham Alaoui and Robert Springborg

"Asking why the quality of education in so many Arab countries remains low, the authors find answers in the authoritarian political economies that shape the architecture of national governance across the region"-- Provided by publisher.

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