This book investigates the political implications of country promotion through practices of
'nation-branding'by drawing on contemporary examples from the sports, urban development …

Since the founding of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 1971, access to quality education in
the country has steadily improved as the result of the considerable investment, numerous …

Background This book examines the growing influence of democratisation and concepts of
democratic power on the rentier–mainly oil-producing–states in the Middle East in general …

Although scholars have examined the effects of global tests on national and regional
educational governance, few researchers have studied their impact on education in the …

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In an effort to highlight the multitude of local and global forces that can facilitate and shape
foreign Language Learning Policy, this chapter provides a historical exploration of foreign …

This paper reports a sub-set of results from a mixed-method ethnographic study of literacy
among female graduates and undergraduates of a United Arab Emirates public university …

The chapter is dedicated to the analysis of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) higher education
development and current achievements from the perspective of the country's mission for a …

All government schools in Abu Dhabi, as part of widescale educational reforms undertaken
in the United Arab Emirates, have undergone massive developments over the past six years …

By the 1950s, the economic situation had improved and schooling began to expand. This
was done with the support of Kuwait's Sheikh Abdullah Salem al Sabah, as he sought to …