No other crisis in Africa has received as much attention in the West in the past 10 years as the war in Darfur. This study explores how this war has been experienced by the refugees who have fled from it and puts forward potential solutions to the conflict.
No other crisis in Africa has received as much attention in the West in the past 10 years as the war in Darfur. This study explores how this war has b...
A comprehensive and up to date study of the history of education in Afghanistan since 1901, this book demonstrates how modern education emerged and charts its fluctuating process of development, regression and destruction. Combining historical and contemporary analysis of key international and national, political, and historical issues from the late nineteenth century to the present day, Education in Afghanistan examines; religion, modernism, tribal and ethnic conflict, language discrimination, foreign invasions, war, and international assistance through the lens of education. An in-depth...
A comprehensive and up to date study of the history of education in Afghanistan since 1901, this book demonstrates how modern education emerged and ch...
For many years before and after the establishment of the state of Israel, the belief that Israel is a Western state remained unchallenged. This belief was founded on the predominantly western composition of the pre-statehood Jewish community known as the "Yishuv." The relatively homogenous membership of Israeli/Jewish society as it then existed was soon altered with the arrival of hundreds of thousands of Jewish immigrants from Middle Eastern countries during the early years of statehood. Seeking to retain the western character of the Jewish state, the Israeli government initiated a...
For many years before and after the establishment of the state of Israel, the belief that Israel is a Western state remained unchallenged. This bel...
The failure of reform policies in areas of critical importance to Arab populations such as health and education played a central role in igniting the Arab Awakening, yet this policy perspective has been largely absent from recent studies of the region. Arab regimes most reliant on repression to guarantee their survival were also those most vulnerable to mass politics. Where threats to regime survival have been limited, so have more meaningful reforms been possible, finding an alternative to political change through focusing on "soft policy" areas such as education.
A Political...
The failure of reform policies in areas of critical importance to Arab populations such as health and education played a central role in igniting t...
This book will sell primarily to university libraries and other academic institutions and be read by upper level undergraduates and postgraduates with an interest in Middle East studies, anthropology, political sociology and human rights.
This book will sell primarily to university libraries and other academic institutions and be read by upper level undergraduates and postgraduates with...
