Refugees, immigrants, and education in the global south [electronic resource] : lives in motion / edited by Lesley Bartlett and Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher.

Contributor(s): Bartlett, Lesley | Ghaffar-Kucher, Ameena | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge research in education ; 94Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2013Description: viii, 260 p. : illISBN: 9780203067734 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Refugees -- Education -- Southern Hemisphere | Immigrants -- Education -- Southern Hemisphere | Comparative educationGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 371.826/912091814 LOC classification: LC3719 | .R44 2013Online resources: Click to View Summary: "The unprecedented human mobility the world is now experiencing poses new and unparalleled challenges regarding the provision of social and educational services throughout the global South. This volume examines the role played by schooling in immigrant incorporation or exclusion, using case studies of Thailand, India, Nepal, Hong Kong/PRC, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Kenya, Egypt, South Africa, Senegal, Sudan, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic. Drawing on key concepts in anthropology, the authors offer timely sociocultural analyses of how governments manage increasing diversity and how immigrants strategize to maximize their educational investments. The findings have significant implications for global efforts to expand educational inclusion and equity"-- Provided by publisher.
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"The unprecedented human mobility the world is now experiencing poses new and unparalleled challenges regarding the provision of social and educational services throughout the global South. This volume examines the role played by schooling in immigrant incorporation or exclusion, using case studies of Thailand, India, Nepal, Hong Kong/PRC, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Kenya, Egypt, South Africa, Senegal, Sudan, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic. Drawing on key concepts in anthropology, the authors offer timely sociocultural analyses of how governments manage increasing diversity and how immigrants strategize to maximize their educational investments. The findings have significant implications for global efforts to expand educational inclusion and equity"-- Provided by publisher.

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