Higher Education in the Gulf States

Shaping Economies, Politics and Cultures

Christopher Davidson, Peter Mackenzie Smith (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2008
Saqi Books (Verlag)
978-0-86356-697-4 (ISBN)

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Nowhere in the world is university education expanding as rapidly as in the six-member state of the Gulf Cooperation Council. This study, with contributions by key decision makers, charts this dramatic development, exploring the challenges faced and placing the accomplishments within the social, economic and political context of the region.

Nowhere in the world is university education expanding as rapidly as in the six-member state of the Gulf Cooperation Council. In two generations the region has gone from having the Middle East's least educated population to boasting a younger generation whose educational achievements are approaching Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) standards. This unique study, with contributions by key decision makers, charts this dramatic development, exploring the challenges faced and placing the accomplishments within the social, economic and political context of the region.

Christopher Davidson is Lecturer in Middle Eastern Politics at the Institute for Middle Eastern Politics and Islamic Studies at Durham University. He is the author of The United Arab Emirates: A Study in Survival.Peter Mackenzie Smith worked for the British Council and was Director of Education for GEC and Marconi. He directed a series of five strategic forums on education and training between the UK and the Middle East.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.11.2008
Reihe/Serie	SOAS Middle East Issues S.
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	135 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-86356-697-9 / 0863566979
ISBN-13	978-0-86356-697-4 / 9780863566974
Zustand	Neuware