1st Edition
From Class to Identity The politics of education reforms in former Yugoslavia
By Jana Bacevic
Copyright 2014
250 Pages
by
Central European University Press
Jana Bacevic provides an innovative analysis of education policy-making in the processes of social transformation and post-conflict development in the Western Balkans. Based on case studies of educational reform in the former Yugoslavia - from the decade before its violent breakup to contemporary efforts in post-conflict reconstruction - From Class to Identity tells the story of the political... Read more
Chapter 1: Introduction, Chapter 2. Vocationalizing education: Conflict, cohesion and dissent in Socialist Yugoslavia Introduction, Chapter 3. Religious education or civic EUcation? Education policy and transition in post-Miloševic Serbia Introduction, Chapter 4. Higher education and post-conflict development in Sandžak, Kosovo and Macedonia Introduction, Chapter 5. Conclusion: education after Yugoslavia
Biography
Jana Bacevic is a researcher at the Departmentof Education, Aarhus University in Copenhagen,Denmark, working on the European-Unionfundedproject “Universities in KnowledgeEconomies” (UNIKE). She has worked as researcherand advisor for a number of international and local governments and organizations on projects dealing with education, post-conflict development, and minorities. Her current researchdeals with academic engagement and therole of universities in societies.
