10% off all books and free delivery over £40
Buy from our bookstore and 25% of the cover price will be given to a school of your choice to buy more books. *15% of eBooks.

Neoliberalism and English Language Education Policies in the Arabian Gulf

View All Editions

The selected edition of this book is not available to buy right now.
Add To Wishlist
Write A Review

About

Neoliberalism and English Language Education Policies in the Arabian Gulf Synopsis

Over the past two decades, the Arabian oil-rich Gulf countries have faced enormous social, political, economic, cultural, religious, ideological and epistemological upheaval. Through detailed, critical comparative investigation, Neoliberalism and English Language Education Policies in the Arabian Gulf examines the impact of such disruption on education policies in a political and economic union, consisting of six countries: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait. Using data collected from a wide range of sources, this thought-provoking book documents the inner workings of neoliberalism across a strategic geographical area of the Islamic world. The book teases apart the complex issues surrounding the ways in which access to English has been envisioned, contested, and protected from being challenged among different players within and between the Gulf countries. Osman Z. Barnawi explores the intensifying ideological debates between Islamic culture and Western neoliberal values, and questions whether Islamic values and traditions have been successfully harmonised with neoliberal capitalist development strategies for nation building in the Arabian Gulf region. Neoliberalism and English Language Education Policies in the Arabian Gulf will be of interest to academics, researchers and postgraduates working in the fields of language education and, more specifically, TESOL, applied linguistics, education policy, and teacher education.

About This Edition

ISBN: 9781138244658
Publication date: 18th September 2017
Author: Osman (Royal Commission for Yanbu Colleges and Institutes, Saudi Arabia) Barnawi
Publisher: Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 222 pages
Series: Routledge Research in Language Education
Genres: Literature: history and criticism
Language: reference and general
Educational strategies and policy
Bilingualism and multilingualism
Language teaching and learning
Philosophy and theory of education