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Refugee Education as a Gauge of Liberal Multiculturalism

Iraqi Students in Jordan and the United States

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Human Rights in the Field of Comparative Education

Part of the book series: Comparative and International Education ((CIEDV,volume 21))

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Abstract

Will Kymlicka (2007) writes of a global “veritable revolution” in relations between states and ethnocultural minorities, as advanced by new multicultural models of state and citizenship. Schools represent key transformational sites in this revolution, as they constitute spaces where minority groups might receive greater school access, identity recognition and accommodation for their particular needs.

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  1. College of Education and Human Development, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA

    Bruce Anthony Collet

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    Halla B. Holmarsdottir

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Collet, B.A. (2013). Refugee Education as a Gauge of Liberal Multiculturalism. In: Biseth, H., Holmarsdottir, H.B. (eds) Human Rights in the Field of Comparative Education. Comparative and International Education, vol 21. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-152-8_10

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