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Multicultural Integration in British and Dutch Societies: Education and Citizenship
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Bagley, Christopher Adam; Al-Refai, Nader – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review and synthesize published studies and practice in the "integration" of ethnic and religious minorities in Britain and The Netherlands, 1965-2015, drawing out implications for current policy and practice. Design/methodology/approach: This paper is an evaluative review and report of results of…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Social Integration, Citizenship, Ethnic Groups
Islamic Primary Schools in the Netherlands
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Dronkers, Jaap – Journal of School Choice, 2016
During the last 20 years of the 20th century, Islamic primary schools were founded in the Netherlands thanks to its constitutional "freedom of education" (which allows state-funded religious schools), its voucher system (each school receives the same amount of money per pupil), and school choice by parents. This essay gives some…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Islamic Culture, Islam, Elementary Schools
The Dutch Dilemma & American Divide: The Challenge of Exclusivist Religions to Pluralistic States, and Contemporary Education
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Parr, Christopher – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2006
Post-Reformation societies and states that thought they had put religious wars behind them have been caught unawares by the vehemence of religious dissent that has exploded in their midst, sometimes literally, since the 1970s. I maintain that key Enlightenment propositions that established the means for peaceful religious co-existence seriously…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peace, Religious Factors, Prosocial Behavior