Debating globalization and education after September 11

Abstract

This article examines some of the ways in which debates about globalization and education have changed since the tragic events of September 11, 2001 and their aftermath. From a postcolonial perspective, I argue that while some of the claims about the world 'changing for ever' are clearly simplistic and grossly exaggerated, there are at least three ways in which new elements have been introduced to the debates about globalization. First, there has emerged a new narrative of security, which has major implications for thinking about issues of mobility across national-boundaries, both of people and of capital. Second, the view that the authority of the nation states is in decline has been shown ..