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BL
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1050158
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bc1099
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English
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| Main Entry
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Alaoui, Hicham.
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| Title & Author
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The Political Economy of Education in the Arab World
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| Publication Statement
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Boulder, CO :: Lynne Rienner Publishers,, 2021.
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1 online resource (307 p.)
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| ISBN
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1626379440
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: 9781626379442
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1626379351
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9781626379350
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| Notes
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Description based upon print version of record.
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| Contents
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The Political Economy of Education in the Arab World / Hicham Alaoui and Robert Springborg -- Democracy and Education / Ishac Diwan -- Citizenship in Egyptian, Tunisian, and Moroccan History Textbooks / Roel Meijer -- University Reforms in Egypt and Morocco / Florian Kohstall -- Educational Policy in Sisi's Egypt / Robert Springborg -- The Impact of Poverty and Corruption on Educational Quality in Tunisia / Lindsay J. Benstead -- US University Campuses in the Gulf Monarchies / Christopher M. Davidson -- Foreign Scholarship Programs in Algeria and Saudi Arabia / Adel Hamaizia and Andrew Leber -- Lessons from Latin America / Merilee S. Grindle -- Lessons from East Asia? / Alisa Jones -- The Challenges of Educational Reform in the Arab World / Hicham Alaoui and Robert Springborg
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| Abstract
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Despite substantial spending on education and robust support for reform both internally and by external donors, the quality of education in many, if not most, Arab countries remains low. Which raises the question: why? The authors of The Political Economy of Education in the Arab World find answers in the authoritarian political economies that shape the architecture of national governance across the region. Presenting studies from North Africa and the Gulf region, as well as comparative perspectives from Asia and Latin America, they show clearly that efforts to improve education--and thereby e.
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Education-- Arab countries.
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Education and state-- Arab countries.
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Educational change-- Arab countries.
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Education-- Economic aspects-- Arab countries.
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Education and state.
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Education-- Economic aspects.
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Arab countries.
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| Dewey Classification
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379
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LC94.3
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Springborg, Robert.
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