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Schooling, Teachers and Post-Conflict State Formation in Liberia: Blackboard Nation

Schooling, Teachers and Post-Conflict State Formation in Liberia: Blackboard Nation

Kennedy, Gabriel M.

Hardcover

Series: Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democra

African HistoryGeneral EducationGeneral Political Science

PREORDER - Expected ship date February 18, 2027

ISBN10: 3032317657
ISBN13: 9783032317650
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Feb 18 2027
Pages: 182
Language: English

This book examines how education and teachers have shaped Liberia's political, social and economic development, positioning schooling as both a mirror of inequality and a nation-making institution that produces citizenship, legitimacy and imagined futures. The author explains today's persistent challenges in access, quality and equity by tracing the long arc of how authority, citizenship and belonging have been mediated through classrooms, curriculum and the professional position of teachers across Indigenous education, settler domination, civil conflict and postwar reconstruction. By positioning teachers as enduring agents of state formation, often carrying moral authority and political responsibility far beyond the classroom, the book offers a powerful narrative and analytical framework that speaks directly to scholars, policymakers and development partners seeking deeper explanations for why reforms succeed, stall or reproduce inequality.

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