Special Education and Globalisation (Hardcover)

Introduction: Special education and globalisation: Continuities and contrasts across the developed and developing world Sheila Riddell and Elisabet Weedon 1. Additional support needs policy in Scotland: challenging or reinforcing social inequality? Sheila Riddell and Elisabet Weedon 2. Special education and minority ethnic young people in England: continuing issues Sally Tomlinson 3. Exclusion from school and recognition of difference Gillean McCluskey, Sheila Riddell, Elisabet Weedon and Mariela Fordyce 4. The narrative of special education in Sweden: History and trends in policy and practice Eva Hjorne 5. Fighting segregation in special needs education in the Netherlands: the effects of different funding models Sip Jan Pijl 6. Reconceptualising inclusion as participation: Neoliberal buck-passing or strategic by-passing? Linda J. Graham 7. Social justice and technocracy: tracing the narratives of inclusive education in the USA Scot Danforth 8. Moving forward or standing still? A reflection of ‘special’ educational provision in Malaysia Pei Wen Chong