Madrasas and Pakistan's education agenda: Western media misrepresentation and policy recommendations

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 334-341

  McClure, Kevin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Fundamentalism; Islam; Madrasa; Media; Pakistan; Western

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; ISLAMISM; MEDIA ROLE; VIOLENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67349154955     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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