Education Policy Recent Books

Youth and skills : putting education to work

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Unesco; Education for All (Project)

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EFA global monitoring report ; 2012, Unesco, Paris, p.465 (2012)

Abstract:

Contents: Part 1. Monitoring progress towards the EFA goals -- Ch. 1. The six EFA goals -- Ch. 2. Financing education for all -- Part 2. Putting education to work -- Ch. 3. Youth, skills and work - building stronger foundations -- Ch. 4. Investing in skills for prosperity -- Ch. 5. Secondary education - paving the way to work -- Ch. 6. Skills for urban youth - a chance for a better future -- Ch. 7. Skills for rural youth - an escape route from poverty -- Youth skills: pathways to a better future -- Annex; Summary: "Many young people around the world -- especially the disadvantaged -- are leaving school without the skills they need to thrive in society and find decent jobs. As well as thwarting young people's hopes, these education failures are jeopardizing equitable economic growth and social cohesion, and preventing many countries from reaping the potential benefits of their growing youth populations. The 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report examines how skills development programmes can be improved to boost young people's opportunities for decent jobs and better lives."--Publisher's description

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eng

Global education policy and international development : new agendas, issues and policies

kkerns — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:11:45 +0000

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Authors:

Verger,Antoni; Novelli,Mario; Altinyelken,Hülya K.

Source:

Bloomsbury Academic, London ; New York, NY, p.296 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb LC67 .D44 G56 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9714857

Keywords:

Economic development--Developing countries, Education and globalization--Developing countries, Education and state--Developing countries, Education--Economic aspects--Developing countries

Abstract:

Contents: Global education policy and international development: an introductory framework / Antoni Verger, Mario Novelli and Hülya K. Altinyelken -- Researching global education policy: angles in/on/out / Susan L. Robertson -- Participation in international development and education governance / Donald Brent Edwards and Stephen Klees -- Silences, stereotypes and local selection : negotiating policy and practice to implement the MDGS and EFA / Elaine Unterhalter -- Education decentralisation in South Africa and Zimbabwe: the gap between intention and practice / Daryl Stenvoll-Wells and Yusuf Sayed -- Implementing global policies in African countries: conceiving lifelong learning as basic education / Anja P. Jakobi -- Conditional cash transfers in education for development: emergence, policy dilemmas, and diversity of impacts / Xavier Bonal, Aina Tarabini and Xavier Rambla -- School-based management in post-conflict Central America: undermining civil society and making the poorest parents pay / Margriet Poppema -- Ethnic/racial diversity and education policy: the role of the black movement and multi-scalar processes within the public agenda in Brazil / Renato Emerson dos Santos and Inti Maya Soeterik -- A converging pedagogy in the developing world?: insights from Uganda and Turkey / Hülya Kosar Altinyelken -- Globalizing educational interventions in zones of conflict: the role of Dutch aid to education and conflict / Mario Novelli and MTA Lopes Cardozo -- The national politics of global policies: public-private partnerships in Indian education / Antoni Verger and Sanne VanderKaaij -- Measuring and interpreting re-contextualization: a commentary / Gita Steiner-Khamsi -- Global education policy: creating different constituencies of interest and different modes of valorisation / Roger Dale.

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eng

Timeless teachers and ethical visions : human development and educational policy

kkerns — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:10:34 +0000

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Authors:

Kuriakose,K. K.

Source:

(Submitted)

Call Number:

Cubb LB1025.3 .K85 2013

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9959552

Keywords:

Education and state, Education--Philosophy, Globalization

Abstract:

Contents: Introduction -- St. Thomas Aquinas (1224/25-1274) -- Islamic educators -- Al-Ghazali and Ibn Khaldun -- Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) -- Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) -- John Dewey (1859-1952) -- Paulo Freire (1921-1997) -- Human development, ethical visions, and educational policy.

Publication Language:

eng

Shaping language policy in the United States

kkerns — Tue, 07 May 2013 20:48:50 +0000

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Authors:

Wible,Scott

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Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, p.232 (2013)

Call Number:

Cubb P119.32 .U6 W53 2013

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9959539

Keywords:

English language--Political aspects--United States, English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--United States, Language policy--United States, National security--United States

Abstract:

Contents: Introduction: Situating language policy within composition's past, present, and future -- The language curriculum research group: translating the students right to their own language resolution into pedagogical practice -- The CCCC national language policy: reframing the rhetoric of an English only United States -- The Defense Department's National Security Language policy: composing local responses to the United States' critical language needs --Conclusion: Redefining language policy's role in composition studies.

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eng

The new politics of the textbook : critical analysis in the core content areas

kkerns — Tue, 07 May 2013 20:47:09 +0000

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Authors:

Hickman,Heather; Porfilio,Bradley J.

Source:

Constructing knowledge ; v. 2, Sense, Rotterdam ; Boston, p.339 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb LB3045.6 .N492 2012

URL:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-912-1

Keywords:

Textbook bias--United States, Textbooks--United States

Publication Language:

eng

Global education under attack : International Baccalaureate in America

kkerns — Tue, 07 May 2013 20:45:07 +0000

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Authors:

Bunnell,Tristan

Source:

p.157 (Submitted)

Call Number:

Cubb LC1090 .B78 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9948005

Keywords:

Education and globalization--Political aspects, International baccalaureate, International education--United States

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Summary: The three main programmes of the Geneva-registered International Baccalaureate (IB) have grown enormously since the 1990s and have seemingly found their "home" in the United States. However, the IB has provoked opposition, initially from concerned parents, and lately by conservative agencies. This book charts the growth of the IB in America and offers a set of frameworks for conceptualizing the history and nature of this attack. It explores the distinctly paleo-conservative philosophy behind this attack, and reveals the influence of the American historian Russell Kirk, alongside Edmund Burke. The book examines the notion that the IB is un-American, and concludes that for some people in America global education is fundamentally unnatural and must be resisted.

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eng

Who stole public schools from the public? : voices from the Mount Vernon School District

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Authors:

Edwards,Claudia L.

Source:

University Press of America, Lanham, Md., p.205 (2011)

Call Number:

Cubb LC215 .E39 2011

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9943060

Keywords:

Community and school--New York (State)--Mount Vernon (Westchester County), Education--Political aspects--New York (State)--Mount Vernon (Westchester County), Minorities--Education--New York (State)--Mount Vernon (Westchester County), Mount Vernon City School District (Mount Vernon, N.Y.), Public schools--New York (State)--Mount Vernon (Westchester County), School management and organization--New York (State)--Mount Vernon (Westchester County), Westchester County

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eng

Contemporary uses of technology in K-12 physical education : policy, practice, and advocacy

kkerns — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:17:43 +0000

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Authors:

Sanders,Steve; Witherspoon,Lisa

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Educational policy in the 21st century, Information Age Pub., Charlotte, NC, p.214 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb GV364 .C54 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9944479

Keywords:

Educational technology, Physical education and training--Computer-assisted instruction

Publication Language:

eng

Improving measurement of productivity in higher education : Panel on Measuring Higher Education Productivity, Conceptual Framework and Data Needs

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National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Measuring Higher Education Productivity, Conceptual Framework and Data Needs; Sullivan,Teresa A.; National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics; National Research Council (U.S.). Center for Education. Board on Testing and Assessment; National Research Council (U.S.). Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

Source:

(2012)

Call Number:

Cubb LB2806.22 .N215 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9955256

Keywords:

Education, Educational accountability--United States, Educational productivity--United States--Measurement, Higher--Economic aspects--United States

Publication Language:

eng

Comparative studies in educational policy analysis

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Authors:

Reagan,Timothy G.

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Contemporary research in education, Information Age Publishing, Inc., Charlotte, N.C., p.97 (2013)

Call Number:

Cubb LC71 .R43 2013

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9949632

Keywords:

Education and state--Case studies, Educational evaluation--Methodology

Publication Language:

eng

Making policy in British higher education, 1945-2011

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Authors:

Shattock,Michael

Source:

Open University Press, Berkshire, p.296 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb LC178 .G7 S538 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9801339

Keywords:

Education, Higher education and state--Great Britain, Higher--Great Britain

Publication Language:

eng

Exploring the school choice universe : evidence and recommendations

kkerns — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:24:42 +0000

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Authors:

Miron,Gary,editor of compilation

Source:

The National Education Policy Center series (Submitted)

Call Number:

Cubb LB1027.9 .E997 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9939157

Keywords:

School choice

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eng

A critical inquiry framework for K-12 teachers : lessons and resources from the U.N. Rights of the Child

kkerns — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:23:22 +0000

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Allen,JoBeth

Source:

Practitioner inquiry series, Teachers College Press, New York (2013)

Call Number:

Cubb LC213.2 .C75 2013

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/10082089

Keywords:

Children--Legal status, etc.--United States, Human rights, laws, Right to education--United States, Students--Civil rights--United States

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eng

Education and capitalism : struggles for learning and liberation

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Authors:

Bale,Jeff; Knopp,Sarah

Source:

Haymarket Books, Chicago, Illinois (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb LC89 .E247 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9941236

Keywords:

Conservatism--United States, Education--Political aspects--United States, Liberalism--United States

Publication Language:

eng

Education, work and identity : themes and perspectives

kkerns — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:27:25 +0000

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Authors:

Tomlinson,Michael

Source:

(2013)

Call Number:

Cubb LC191 .T574 2013

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9925377

Keywords:

Education and state, Educational sociology

Abstract:

Contents: Introduction to key themes and perspectives -- Social and economic transformations -- The changing nature of work -- Conceptualizing the relationships between education and work -- Vocationalism, skills and employability -- Lifelong learning, learner identities and work-related learning -- Managing the transition from education to work -- Transforming educational institutions for economic gain -- Higher education, social change and shifting identities -- Conclusions.

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eng

Guidance from PISA for the Canary Islands, Spain

kkerns — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:13:05 +0000

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Programme for International Student Assessment; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Source:

Strong performers and successful reformers in education, Oecd, Paris, p.95 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb LC93 .C23 G85 2012

URL:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264174184-en

Keywords:

Education and state--Canary Islands, Education--Canary Islands--Evaluation

Abstract:

Contents: Foreword -- The Canary Islands and their School System -- How Canary Islands Students Performed in PISA -- Education System Management and Resources -- Students and Learning -- Teachers and Teaching -- Schools, Principals and Inspectors -- Findings, Recommendations and the Way Forward.; Abstract: This book describes the Canary Islands, Spain school system and sheds light on PISA results for the Canary Islands. It includes analyses of the policy implications in the domains of system management and resource distribution, students and learning, teachers and teaching, and school leadership and inspections. The report also provides recommendations for raising quality and equity in learning outcomes.

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eng

Ein Staat, eine Sprache? : deutsche Bildungspolitik und autochthone Minderheiten im 20. Jahrhundert : die Sorben im Vergleich mit Polen, Dänen und Nordfriesen

kkerns — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:13:00 +0000

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Authors:

Pech,Edmund

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Schriften des Sorbischen Instituts ; 56, Domowina-Verlag, Volume 1. Aufl, Bautzen, p.349 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb LC93 .G4 P43 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9851609

Keywords:

Education and state--Germany--History, Indigenous peoples--Germany--History--20th century, Minorities--Germany--History--20th century, Sorbs--Education--Europe--History, Sorbs--Government policy--Europe--History

Abstract:

Contents: Einleitung. Minderheitenpolitik im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert ; Staatliche Bildungspolitik gegenüber Minderheiten zwischen Tradition und Wandel ; Forschungsstand und Fragestellung -- Vorgeschichte : Schulwesen und nationale Minderheiten im Deutschen Kaiserreich. Deutsche Schule und "fremdsprachige Volksteile" ; Staatliche Bildungspolitik in der zweisprachigen Lausitz; Volksschulen in den "wendischen und gemischtsprachigen Gebieten" Sachsens; Volksschulen in den "wendischen und gemischtsprachigen Gebieten" der preußischen Regierungsbezirke Liegnitz und Frankfurt (Oder) ; Sorbisches Schulwesen im Vergleich; Schule und Unterricht für Kinder der polnischen Minderheit; Schule und Unterricht für Kinder der dänischen Minderheit; Schule und Unterricht für Kinder der nordfriesischen Volksgruppe ; Resümee -- Zwischen Völkerrecht und Nationalismus : Schulwesen und nationale Minderheiten in der Weimarer Republik. Bildungspolitik und nationale Minderheiten in der deutschen Volksschule ; Staatliche Bildungspolitik in der zweisprachigen Lausitz; Volksschulen in den "wendischen und gemischtsprachigen Gebieten" Sachsens; Volksschulen in den "wendischen und gemischtsprachigen Gebieten" der preußischen Regierungsbezirke Liegnitz und Frankfurt (Oder); Bemühungen um alternative Bildungskonzepte für das Schulwesen der zweisprachigen Lausitz ; Sorbischer Religions- und Konfirmandenunterricht ; Sorbisches Schulwesen im Vergleich; Schule und Unterricht für Kinder der polnischen Minderheit; Schule und Unterricht für Kinder der dänischen Minderheit; Schule und Unterricht für Kinder der nordfriesischen Volksgruppe ; Resümee -- Extremer Nationalismus und Rassismus : Schulwesen und nationale Minderheiten im Dritten Reich. Nationalsozialistische Einflussnahme auf die Bildungs- und Minderheitenpolitik ; Staatliche Bildungspolitik in der zweisprachigen Lausitz; Auswirkungen des Nationalsozialismus auf die Volksschulen in den "wendischen und gemischtsprachigen Gebieten" in Sachsen; Auswirkungen des Nationalsozialismus auf die Volksschulen in den "wendischen und gemischtsprachigen Gebieten" der preußischen Regierungsbezirke Liegnitz und Frankfurt (Oder); Sorbischer Religions- und Konfirmandenunterricht sowie Auswirkungen der nationalsozialistischen Politik auf die zweisprachigen Kirchgemeinden ; Sorbisches Schulwesen im Vergleich; Schule und Unterricht für Kinder der polnischen Minderheit; Schule und Unterricht für Kinder der dänischen Minderheit; Schule und Unterricht für Kinder der nordfriesischen Volksgruppe ; Resümee -- Abschied von nationaler Bildung? Schulwesen und nationale Minderheiten in Deutschland 1945-1990. Bildungspolitik und Minderheitenschutz vor dem Hintergrund der deutschen Teilung ; Staatliche Bildungspolitik in der zweisprachigen Lausitz; Aufbau des zweisprachigen Schulwesens 1945-1952; Die Anweisung zur Regelung der Schulverhältnisse in den sorbischen Sprachgebieten von 1952 und ihre Auswirkungen auf den Sorbisch-unterricht ; Bestrebungen um alternative Bildungskonzepte für das Schulwesen der zweisprachigen Lausitz; Sprachpolitische Auseinandersetzungen und ihre Auswirkungen auf das zweisprachige Schulwesen 1956-1964 : Die Entwicklung der Sorben- und Sprachenpolitik 1956-1960 : Die Neuregelung der Unterrichtssprache an den sorbischen Schulen (A-Typ) im Jahr 1962 : Die Durchsetzung der Siebenten Durchführungsbestimmung im Jahr 1964 und ihre Auswirkungen auf das zweisprachige Schulwesen; Entwicklungstendenzen des zweisprachigen Schulwesens 1964-1990; Entwicklungstendenzen des sorbischen Religions- und Konfirmanden-unterrichts; Ideologische Auseinandersetzungen an den Schulen ; Sorbisches Schulwesen im Vergleich; Schule und Unterricht für Kinder der dänischen Minderheit; Schule und Unterricht für Kinder der nordfriesischen Volksgruppe ; Resümee -- Ausblick : Schulwesen und nationale Minderheiten nach der deutschen Wiedervereinigung 1990. Bildungspolitik und Minderheitenschutz von der Wiedervereinigung bis zur Gegenwart ; Schule und Unterricht für sorbische Kinder in Sachsen und Brandenburg; Zur rechtlichen Stellung des sorbischen Bildungswesens; Neue Wege der sorbischen Sprachausbildung; Tendenzen der sorbischen Lehrerausbildung ; Sorbisches Schulwesen im Vergleich; Schule und Unterricht für Kinder der dänischen Minderheit; Schule und Unterricht für Kinder der nordfriesischen Volksgruppe ; Resümee.

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eng

The changing Russian university : from state to market

kkerns — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:12:50 +0000

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Authors:

Maximova-Mentzoni,Tatiana

Source:

Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series ; 42, Routledge, New York (2013)

Call Number:

Cubb LA839.4 .M39 2013

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9804102

Keywords:

Education, Education and state--Economic aspects--Russia (Federation), Educational change--Economic aspects--Russia (Federation), Higher--Economic aspects--Russia (Federation), Higher--Russia (Federation)--Marketing, Research--Economic aspects--Russia (Federation), Universities and colleges--Russia (Federation)

Abstract:

Incomplete contents: Marketization in focus. Russia in transition, university in change ; Unique context for university marketization ; The Russian university in change ; Status before the major market-oriented transformations ; Status after the major market-oriented transformations ; Focus of the book ; The studied phenomen of marketization ; Why study marketization of the Russian university? ; Outline of the book ; Marketization: uncovering the concept ; What is "marketization"? ; Cowebs of interpretations ; The grounds for understanding marketization ; Marketization of higher education sector: an international perspective ; Origins and nature of marketization ; Features of university marketization ; Pros and cons of marketization ; A new analytical framework to study university marketization ; Methodological issues -- The Russian university and marketization: highlighting key points. Diffusion of market ideology and its impact on the Russian university ; Studying engagement in marketing actitivies ; Ideological landscape at the Russian university in the beginning of the 1990s ; The Russian university starts earning ; The Russian university intensifies use of marketing practices ; To market, to market!!! : but how??? ; External relations ; The role of the state in university-state relations ; University - industry relationships ; Inter-university relationships of an international nature -- Missions. To survive ; Simply to serve as a university ; To help getting the first job ; To be engaged in research -- Internal functioning. Academic structure ; Material resources ; Professional resources ; Student resources -- Marketization of the Russian university : first lessons. Is "ordered" to survive or the ways in which a particular Russian state university adapts to the market conditions. Marketization and missions of BSTU ; To survive ; Simply to serve as a university ; Understanding the terms ; History of the status change ; To educate ; To be engaged in research ; PhD studies at; Contents: Voenmeh -- Student construction technical bureau ; To develop a student's personality ; To help graduates get their first job ; To encourage a particular university "esprit de corps" -- Marketization and university functioning. Academic structure ; Material resources ; The faculty ; Salary issue ; Employment and age issues ; Students ; Student welfare ; Basic grounding ; Commercial students.

Publication Language:

eng

Delivering school transparency in Australia : national reporting through My School

kkerns — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:12:54 +0000

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Authors:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Source:

Strong performers and successful reformers in education, Oecd, Paris, p.76 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb LB2979 .D45 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9856541

Keywords:

Educational accountability--Australia--Case studies, Internet in education--Australia--Case studies, School reports--Australia--Case studies

Publication Language:

eng

Religion, education and governance in the Middle East : between tradition and modernity

kkerns — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:22:47 +0000

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Authors:

Krishna-Hensel,Sai Felicia

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Global interdisciplinary studies series, Ashgate, Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT, p.217 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb LC910.3 .R45 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9801250

Keywords:

Islam and politics--Middle East, Islamic education--Political aspects--Middle East

Abstract:

Contents: List of Contributors -- Introduction / Sai Felicia Krishna-Hensel -- 1. Global Governance, Islamism, and Authority in the Middle East / Alise Coen -- 2. Modernity, Islam and Religious Activism / Deina Abdelkader -- 3. The Interrelated Dynamics of Culture, Religion and Nation in the United Arab Emirates / Vania Carvalho Pinto -- 4. Lebanon's Quest for Independence: Between Fragmentation, Political Instability and Foreign Intervention / Benedetta Berti -- 5. Challenging the Hashemites: Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic Action Front in Jordan / Kürsad Turan -- 6. The Micro-foundations of Religious Party Moderation: Religious Party Supporters and Ideological Changes / Sultan Tepe -- 7. Politics of Religious Education in Turkey / Yusuf Sarfati -- 8. Uncertainty in the Governance Processes: Political Economy of Biosafety Policies in Turkey / Ebru Tekin -- Epilogue

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eng