Europe in the Classroom - World Culture and Nation-Building in Post-Socialist Romania (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book provides an unconventional account of post-1989 education reform in Romania. By drawing on policy documentation, interviews with key players, qualitative data from everyday school contexts, and extensive textbook analysis, this groundbreaking study explores change within the Romanian education system as a process that institutionalises world culture through symbolic mediation of the concept 'Europe'. The book argues that the education system's structural and organisational evolution through time is decoupled from its self-depiction by ultimately serving a nation-building agenda. It does so despite notable changes in the discourse reflecting increasingly transnational definitions of the mission of the school in the post-1989 era. The book also suggests that the notions of 'nation' and 'citizen' institutionalised by the school are gradually being redefined as cosmopolitan, matching post-war patterns of post-national affiliations on a worldwide level.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Educational Media
Release date:	October 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Simona Szakacs
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	280
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-60257-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General
LSN:	3-319-60257-8
Barcode:	9783319602578

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