05627nam a22006375i 4500 978-3-031-47798-0 DE-He213 20251030111735.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240219s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031477980 978-3-031-47798-0 10.1007/978-3-031-47798-0 doi LB43 LC1090 JN bicssc EDU043000 bisacsh JND thema Exploring Education and Democratization in South Asia [electronic resource] : Research, Policy, and Practice / edited by Tania Saeed, Radhika Iyengar, Matthew A. Witenstein, Erik Jon Byker. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XXIV, 250 p. 16 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda South Asian Education Policy, Research, and Practice, 2946-4447 1 Introduction -- 2 Illuminating the Shadow Education Mechanism of Neoliberal Governmentality in Bangladesh -- 3 Competition Exams and Topper Praise in India: A Media Case Study in Educational (In)equality -- 4 Populist Visions and the Issue of Exclusion: An Exploration of Educational Policy Reforms in India and Pakistan -- 5 Missing Girls on the Margins? Equity, Assessment, and Evaluation in India’s New Education Policy -- 6 Unregulated Private Tutoring in India: Educational Inequalities Engendered by the “Light But Tight” National Education Policy 2020 -- 7 Federalism in Nepal: Early Implications for School Governance -- 8 Higher Education Reforms: Unfulfilled Promise of Decentralization in India -- 9 Neoliberal Politics of Education Reforms in India: A Case of De Facto Privatization in University of Delhi Through NEP 2020 -- 10 Sites of Struggle as Sites of Learning: Student Activism as Counter-Hegemonic Resistance to the Neoliberal University in Pakistan -- 11 Mobilizing for Justice: Social Media as a Transformational Tool for Student Activism in Pakistan -- 12 Democracy and a Quality Education in South Asia: A Conclusion. "The book is an excellent addition to education literature in South Asia. The issues authors raise will have relevance for many other countries too other than their importance for understanding education issues in South Asia. Each chapter opens up new avenues for future research….Students and scholars of politics and/or education could gain a lot by engaging with the book." —Faisal Bari, Former Dean and Associate Professor, Syed Ahsan Ali and Syed Maratib Ali School of Education, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan This volume brings together scholars, practitioners, activists, and students to reflect on socio-political transitions taking place in countries across South Asia and their implications for democracy and education. It provides an important intervention for comparative education in South Asia by looking at the kind of ideological tensions that exist within the education systems, and how these competing agendas are visible at different levels. At a time when students have been protesting for their rights across educational institutions in South Asia, where the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated inequalities with learning losses, and job losses, this collection creates a space to reflect on the limitations and possibilities of education in democracies across South Asia. Tania Saeed is Associate Professor of Sociology in the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan. Radhika Iyengar is Associate Research Scholar at the Center for Sustainable Development at the Earth Institute, Columbia University, USA. Matthew A. Witenstein is Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Administration at University of Dayton, USA. Erik Jon Byker is a Full Professor in the Cato College of Education and Honors College at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. International education . 59403 Comparative education. 57842 Education and state. 58709 Economic development. 58075 Sustainability. 57661 International and Comparative Education. 69637 Educational Policy and Politics. 71022 Development Studies. 67851 Sustainability. 57661 Saeed, Tania. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 73605 Iyengar, Radhika. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 73606 Witenstein, Matthew A. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 73607 Byker, Erik Jon. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 73608 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031477973 Printed edition: 9783031477997 Printed edition: 9783031478000 South Asian Education Policy, Research, and Practice, 2946-4447 73609 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47798-0 ZDB-2-EDA ZDB-2-SXED 58528 58528