Author Description

Foreword / Michael Apple -- Introduction / Marie Lall -- 1. Education, Identity And The Politics Of Modern State Formation In Asia: A Comparative And Historical Perspective / Edward Vickers -- 2. The Inescapability Of Politics? Nationalism, Democratization And Social Order In Japanese Education / Peter Cave -- 3. The Opportunity Of China? Education, Patriotic Values And The Chinese State / Edward Vickers -- 4. Education, Politics And The State In Hong Kong / Paul Morris -- 5. Creating Good Citizens, Or A Competitive Workforce, Or Just Plain Political Socialisation: Tensions In The Aims Of Education In Singapore / Christine Han -- 6. Reverse! Now Play Fast Forward: Education And The Politics Of Change In Malaysia / Elwyn Thomas -- 7. Doi Moi, Education And Identity Formation In Contemporary Vietnam / Matthieu Salomon And Vu Doan Ket -- 8. Globalization And The Fundamentalisation Of Curricula: Lessons From India / Marie Lall -- 9. Education Dilemmas In Pakistan: The Current Curriculum Reform Marie Lall -- 10. Non Piu Andrai: Bullets, Burqas, Books: Education Policy And Its Discontents In Communist And Taleban Afghanistan / Patrick Belton Edited By Marie Lall And Edward Vickers. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [219]-239) And Index.