Education and Global Justice

Education and Global Justice discusses key themes concerning the relationship between education and global justice in a varied series of highly relevant national contexts. Major international issues such as war, conflict and peace, social justice and injustice, multicultural education, inclusion, privatisation and democracy are explored in relation to the Middle East, Colombia, South Korea, India, Uganda and Pakistan. An interdisciplinary approach is also taken to explore both the nature of global justice and the possibilities for education for global justice in the future. Some of the contents of the book may surprise or even shock readers who like to think that education is inherently and solely a force for good in an unjust world. Instead, in discussing the realities, resistances and challenges facing education for global justice, the contributors show that education can be harmful to individuals and societies while maintaining a hopeful view of education’s potential to contribute to greater global social justice.

This book was originally published as a special issue of Educational Review.

Michele Schweisfurth is Reader in International Education at the University of Birmingham, UK. Her research interests are in the areas of education and social justice and include learner-centred pedagogy, university internationalisation, education for democracy and global citizenship education.

Clive Harber is Professor of International education at the University of Birmingham, UK, and Honorary Professor of Education at the University of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa. His main interests concern education and social, economic and political development, education for democracy and the role of schooling in both perpetuating and perpetrating violence.