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Teaching peace in the midst of civil war: tensions between global and local discourses in Sri Lankan civics textbooks
Denise Bentrovato,Marie Nissanka +1 more
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Focusing on Sri Lanka, the authors complements existing research on the adoption of global norms and discourses around peace education by illuminating the tensions between global and local demands in Sri Lanka.Abstract:
Focusing on Sri Lanka, this article complements existing research on the adoption of global norms and discourses around peace education by illuminating the tensions between global and local demands...read more
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Incremental Transformations: Education for Resiliency in Post-War Sri Lanka
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Greening South Asia with Financial Liberalization, Human Capital, and Militarization: Evidence from the CS-ARDL Approach
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Authoritarian cosmopolitan citizenship in the new nation of South Sudan: Insights from a secondary school textbook analysis
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TL;DR: In this paper , the authors examine the first official citizenship textbooks for South Sudan secondary education since independence in 2011, observing a multifaceted and at times contradictory understanding of the kind of citizens the new textbooks promote.
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The discursive construction of ethnic hierarchies in textbooks in a time of post-conflict reconciliation
TL;DR: The authors examined the discursive reconstruction of ethnic hierarchies in English language textbooks used in public schools in post-conflict Sri Lanka, set against a social and politica-constrained environment.