Education Policy and Power-Sharing in Post-Conflict Societies : Lebanon, Northern Ireland, and Macedonia

"This book explores the nexus between education and politics in Lebanon, Northern Ireland, and Macedonia, drawing from an extensive body of original evidence and literature on power-sharing and post-conflict education in these post-conflict societies, as well as the repercussions that emerged from the end of civil war. This book demonstrates that education policy affects the resilience of political settlements by helping reproduce and reinforce the mutually exclusive religious, ethnic, and national communities that participated in conflict and now share political power. Using curricula for subjects—such as history, citizenship education, and languages—and structures like the existence of state-funded separate or common schools, Fontana shows that power-sharing constrains the scope for specific education reforms and offers some suggestions for effective ones to aid political stability and reconciliation after civil wars". -- Prové de l'editor Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction....Pages 1-21 Power-Sharing and Education Policy in Deeply Divided Societies....Pages 23-59 Compulsory Education in Lebanon, Northern Ireland and Macedonia....Pages 61-122 Reforming History Education....Pages 123-157 Formulating Citizenship Education....Pages 159-191 Languages of Instruction....Pages 193-226 Inter-group Contact and Separation in Schools....Pages 227-278 Conclusion: Separate to Unite....Pages 279-283 Back Matter....Pages 285-317