Globalization and Educational Rights An Intercivilizational Analysis

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This is the first book to explore the meaning of equality and freedom of education in a global context and their relationship to the universal right to education. It also proposes evaluating school systems according to their achievement of equality and freedom. Education in the 21st century is widely viewed as a necessary condition for the promotion of human welfare, and thus identified as a basic human right. Educational rights are included in many national constitutions written since the global spread of human rights ideas after World War II. But as a global idea, the meaning of educational ...  Read more... Abstract: This guide asseses global education, while looking at the issue from a historical and international viewpoint. Topics include: equality and freedom in Islamic education; India's education, human rights and the global flow; and natural rights and education in the West.  Read more... Content: Contents: Preface. Global Education and an Intercivilizational Analysis. China: Confucius, Mao Zedong, and Socialist Modernization. Equality and Freedom in Islamic Education. Natural Rights and Education in the West. India: Education, Human Rights, and the Global Flow. A Constitutional Provision for Educational Rights.