Politics of Education

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.

• 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