1st Edition

Education, Globalization and the State in the Age of Terrorism

By Michael A. Peters Copyright 2005
296 Pages
by Routledge

292 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

Education plays an important role in challenging, combating and in understanding terrorism in its different forms, whether as counter-terrorism or as a form of human rights education. Just as education has played a significant role in the process of nation-building, so education also plays a strong role in the process of empire, globalization and resistance to global forces-and in terrorism,... Read more
Introduction: Education in the Age of Terrorism. The Conflicts of Globalization and Restructuring of Education? Global Citizenship and the New American World Order. Globalization, Family Terrorism and Feminism Post-9/11. Constructing Youth Identities: Citizenship Education, ICT, and Anti-war Protests. Globalization, the Third Way and Education Post 9/11: Building Democratic Citizenship. Terrorism and the Culture of Permanent War: Democracy Under Siege. Education and War: Primary Constituents of the Contemporary World System. War as Globalization: The "Education" of the Iraqi People.

Biography

Michael A. Peters