Overview
- Examines school examinations and educational standardsetting across Europe
- Argues that schooling and educational achievements are essential to the future of the European project
- Examines Europe in comparison with OECD countries
- Author has worked at the LSE and is now based at St Antony's College, Oxford
- Excellent fit with our European social policy programme, with crossover to education, public policy and European Studies
Part of the book series: St Antony's Series (STANTS)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Amidst claims of threats to national identities in an era of increasing diversity, should we be worried about the upsurge in religious animosity in the United States, as well as Europe? This book explores how French society is divided along conflicts about religion, increasingly visible in public schools, and shows the effect that this has had.
Reviews
"This deeply-researched account of Islam and secularity with special emphasis on the failures of the national school system in France will be valuable to all who are concerned with a life-and-death question for modernity: How can individual freedom be squared with social peace, given the current resurgence of groups who feel alienated from the modern secular state?" - E, D. Hirsch, Jr. Author of Cultural Literacy and The Making of Americans
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Paola Mattei is Associate Professor in Comparative Social Policy at the University of Oxford, UK and Fellow of St Antony's College. She has published Restructuring Welfare Organisations in Europe: From Democracy to Good Management?, University Adaptation in Difficult Economic Times and Public Accountability and Health Care Governance.
Andrew Aguilar is a France Fulbright Fellow for the 2015-2016 academic year. He also holds visiting research appointments at St Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK, and at the Center of International Studies (CERI), Sciences Po Paris, France.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Secular Institutions, Islam and Education Policy
Book Subtitle: France and the U.S. in Comparative Perspective
Authors: Paola Mattei, Andrew S. Aguilar
Series Title: St Antony's Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137316080
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-28420-3Published: 08 March 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-31608-0Published: 18 October 2016
Series ISSN: 2633-5964
Series E-ISSN: 2633-5972
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 236
Topics: Education Policy, International and Comparative Education, Religion and Society, Religion and Education, Sociology of Education, Islam