Ronald G. Sultana is Professor of Education at the University of Malta, and Founding Director of the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Educational Research. He has published widely on a range of educational topics, most having equity as a central concern.Michael A. Buhagiar is a Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Education at the University of Malta. His main interests include teacher education, action research, and problem-based learning, about which he has published several papers in peer reviewed journals.

• Preface: Back to the Future and the Politics of HopeList of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsPART 1: Regional Focus1 Socialisation, Learning and Basic Education in Koranic SchoolsAbdel-Jalil Akkari2 Is There a Semiperipheral Type of Schooling? State, Social Movements and Education in Spain, 1970–1994Xavier Bonal and Xavier Rambla3 Toward an Innovative University in the South? Institutionalising Euro-Mediterranean Co-operation in Research, Technology and Higher EducationJorma Kuitunen4 The Permanence of Distinctiveness: Performances and Changing Schooling Governance in the Southern European Welfare StatesPaolo Landri5 Gramsci, the Southern Question and the MediterraneanPeter Mayo6 Dis/Integrated Orders and the Politics of Recognition: Civil Upheavals,Militarism, and Educators’ Lives and WorkAndré Elias Mazawi7 The North African Educational Challenge: From Colonisation to theCurrent Alleged Islamist ThreatPierre VermerenPART 2: Country Focus8 The Circulation of European Educational Theories and Practices: TheAlgerian ExperienceMohamed Miliani9 State, Society, and Higher Education in Cyprus: A Study in Conflict andCompromiseAnthony A. Koyzis10 Global Discourses and Educational Reform in Egypt: The Case ofActive-Learning PedagogiesMark B. Ginsburg and Nagwa M. Megahed11 Values in Teaching and Teaching Values: A Review of Theory andResearch, Including the Case of GreeceEvangelia Frydaki12 Peace Education in Israel: Encounter and DialogueDov Darom13 The Birth of ‘Citizenship and Constitution’ in Italian Schools: A NewWall of Competences or Transition to Intercultural Education?Sandra Chistolini14 Private and Privatised Higher Educational Institutions in JordanMuhammad Raji Zughoul15 The Implications of Lebanese Cultural Complexities for EducationLinda Akl16 The Maltese Bilingual Classroom: A Microcosm of Local SocietyAntoinette Camilleri Grima17 Multiculturalism, Citizenship, and Education in MoroccoMoha Ennaji18 Conflict and Democracy Education in PalestineMaher Z. Hashweh19 Navigating Religious Boundaries at School: From Legitimate to SpeciousReligious QuestionsMaria Esther Fernández Mostaza, Gloria García-Romeral and Clara Fons I Duocastella20 Human Rights Education: A Comparison of Mother Tongue Textbooksin Turkey and FranceCanan Aslan and Yasemin Karaman-Kepenekci

Ronald G. Sultana is Professor of Education at the University of Malta, and Founding Director of the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Educational Research. He has published widely on a range of educational topics, most having equity as a central concern.Michael A. Buhagiar is a Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Education at the University of Malta. His main interests include teacher education, action research, and problem-based learning, about which he has published several papers in peer reviewed journals.

• Preface: Back to the Future and the Politics of HopeList of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsPART 1: Regional Focus1 Socialisation, Learning and Basic Education in Koranic SchoolsAbdel-Jalil Akkari2 Is There a Semiperipheral Type of Schooling? State, Social Movements and Education in Spain, 1970–1994Xavier Bonal and Xavier Rambla3 Toward an Innovative University in the South? Institutionalising Euro-Mediterranean Co-operation in Research, Technology and Higher EducationJorma Kuitunen4 The Permanence of Distinctiveness: Performances and Changing Schooling Governance in the Southern European Welfare StatesPaolo Landri5 Gramsci, the Southern Question and the MediterraneanPeter Mayo6 Dis/Integrated Orders and the Politics of Recognition: Civil Upheavals,Militarism, and Educators’ Lives and WorkAndré Elias Mazawi7 The North African Educational Challenge: From Colonisation to theCurrent Alleged Islamist ThreatPierre VermerenPART 2: Country Focus8 The Circulation of European Educational Theories and Practices: TheAlgerian ExperienceMohamed Miliani9 State, Society, and Higher Education in Cyprus: A Study in Conflict andCompromiseAnthony A. Koyzis10 Global Discourses and Educational Reform in Egypt: The Case ofActive-Learning PedagogiesMark B. Ginsburg and Nagwa M. Megahed11 Values in Teaching and Teaching Values: A Review of Theory andResearch, Including the Case of GreeceEvangelia Frydaki12 Peace Education in Israel: Encounter and DialogueDov Darom13 The Birth of ‘Citizenship and Constitution’ in Italian Schools: A NewWall of Competences or Transition to Intercultural Education?Sandra Chistolini14 Private and Privatised Higher Educational Institutions in JordanMuhammad Raji Zughoul15 The Implications of Lebanese Cultural Complexities for EducationLinda Akl16 The Maltese Bilingual Classroom: A Microcosm of Local SocietyAntoinette Camilleri Grima17 Multiculturalism, Citizenship, and Education in MoroccoMoha Ennaji18 Conflict and Democracy Education in PalestineMaher Z. Hashweh19 Navigating Religious Boundaries at School: From Legitimate to SpeciousReligious QuestionsMaria Esther Fernández Mostaza, Gloria García-Romeral and Clara Fons I Duocastella20 Human Rights Education: A Comparison of Mother Tongue Textbooksin Turkey and FranceCanan Aslan and Yasemin Karaman-Kepenekci