Globalisation and the UNESCO mandate: multilateral prospects for educational development

UNESCO is analysed in terms of the challenges brought to it by globalisation. In particular, the `logic' of internationalism and its expression after World War Two as functional multilateralism are seen to be under serious challenge from a potential fragmentation of world order. Changes in the...

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Published inInternational journal of educational development Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 17 - 25
Main Author Jones, Phillip W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 1999
W.I. Ozanne & Associates Ltd
Subjects
Agency role
development
education
Educational development
Globalisation
international co-operation
International cooperation
International organisations
UNESCO
development
international organisations
education
globalisation
international co-operation
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Summary:UNESCO is analysed in terms of the challenges brought to it by globalisation. In particular, the `logic' of internationalism and its expression after World War Two as functional multilateralism are seen to be under serious challenge from a potential fragmentation of world order. Changes in the character of nation-states and the consequences for structured collaboration between and among them force questions to be posed concerning UNESCO's role in global educational development. An examination of the origins and early constitutional mandate of UNESCO provides opportunity to explore patterns whereby the Organisation might reinvent itself — within existing constitutional parameters — in order to reclaim that relevance so confidently proclaimed for it over fifty years ago.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references. Refereed article.
International Journal of Educational Development; v.19 n.1 p.17-25; January 1999
ISSN:0738-0593
1873-4871
DOI:10.1016/S0738-0593(98)00056-X