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The chapter synthesises recent research findings on globalisation and the politics of human rights education policy reforms globally. The chapter analyses and evaluates the shifts in methodological approaches to globalisation and human rights education reforms and their impact on societies, education policy and pedagogy.
Keywords
- Critical discourse
- Culture
- Democracy
- Education
- Education reforms
- Economic inequality
- Education reforms
- Freedom
- Globalisation
- Human rights
- Human rights education
- Globalisation
- Ideology
- Inequality
- Millennium development goals
- Neo-conservatism
- Neo-liberal ideology
- The post-2015 sustainable development goals
- Poverty
- Social inequality
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Zajda, J., Ozdowski, S. (2017). Globalisation and Research in Human Rights Education. In: Zajda, J., Ozdowski, S. (eds) Globalisation, Human Rights Education and Reforms. Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0871-3_16
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