This volume is the first authoritative reference work to provide a truly comprehensive international description and analysis of multicultural education around the world.

James A. Banks is the Kerry and Linda Killinger Professor of Diversity Studies and Founding Director of the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is a past president of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS). His books include the Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education; Diversity and Citizenship Education: Global Perspectives; and Race, Culture, and Education: The Selected Works of James A. Banks (Routledge).

Part 1: Multicultural education: theoretical perspectives and issues

1. Multicultural Education: Dimensions and Paradigms, James A. Banks

2. Critical multiculturalism and education, Stephen May

3. Worldwide population movements, diversity, and education, Stephen Castles

4. Globalization, immigration, and schooling, Marcelo Suarez-Orozco and Carola Suarez-Orozco

Part 2: Multicultural education and diversity across nations

5. Multicultural dducation in the United States: Historical realities, ongoing challenges, and transformative possibilities, Sonia Nieto

6. Multicultural education policy in Canada: Competing ideologies, interconnected discourses, Reva Joshee

7. Multicultural education in Australia: Two generations of evolution, Christine Inglis

8. Multicultural education in the United Kingdom, Sally Tomlinson

9. From intercultural education to the inclusion of diversity: Theories and policies in Europe, Cristina Allemann-Ghionda

10. Multicultural education in South Africa, Crain Soudien

11. Multicultural education in Japan, Yasumasa Hirasawa

Part 3: Race, intergroup relations, and schooling

12. Critical perspectives on race and schooling, David Gillborn and Deborah Youdell

13. The nature and origins of children's racial attitudes, Rebecca S. Bigler and Julie Milligan Hughes

14. Modifying children's racial attitudes, Frances E. Aboud

15. Education programs for improving relations between Jews and Palestinians in Israel, Zvi Bekerman

16. Multicultural education for young children, Patricia G. Ramsey

Part 4: Culture, teaching, and learning

17. Cultural influences on learning, Carol D. Lee

18. Socialization, literacy, and empowerment, Thor Ola Engen

Part 5: The education of indigenous groups

19. Connecting the circle in American Indian education, Donna Deyhle and Karen Gayton Comeau

20. Indigenous education in Peru, Maria Elena Garcia

21. The struggle to educate the Maori in New Zealand, Wally Penetito

Part 6: Citizenship, immigration, and education

22. Diversity, group identity, and citizenship education in a global age, James A. Banks

23. Education, integration, and citizenship in France, Eva Lemaire

24. Citizenship education in France and England: Contrasting approaches to national identity and diversity, Audrey Osler and Hugh Starkey

25. Democracy, antiracism, and citizenship education: European policy and political complacency, Hugh Starkey and Audrey Osler

26. Diversity and citizenship education in Bulgaria, Hristo Kyuchukov

Part 7: Language, culture, identity, and education

27. Language, culture, and identity across nations, Suzanne Romaine

28. Language policies and language education in Francophone Africa: A critique and a call to action, Hassana Alidou

29. Language education policy in multi-ethnic Malaysia, Saran Kaur Gill

Part 8: Religion, culture, identity, and education

30. Cultural diversity, Muslims, and education in France and England: Two contrasting models in Western Europe, Nasar Meer, Valérie Sala Pala, Tariq Modood, and Patrick Simon

31. Religion, culture, language, and education in India, Reva Joshee and Karen Sihra

32. Islamic religious education and Muslim religiosity in Singapore, Mukhlis Abu Bakar

33. Religion, ethnicity, and identity in Indonesian education, Joel C. Kuipers and Ella Yulaelawati

Part 9: The education of ethnic and cultural minority groups in Europe

34. Migrant minority groups in Germany: Success and failure in education, Sigrid Luchtenberg

35. The education of ethnic, racial, and cultural minority groups in Spain, Teresa Aguado Odina

36. Educational policies for ethnic and cultural groups in Russia, Isak D. Froumin and Andrei Zakharov

Part 10: The education of ethnic and cultural minority groups in Asia and Latin America

37. The education of ethnic minority groups in China, Gerard A. Postiglione

38. Social inequality as a barrier to multicultural education in Latin America, Martin Carnoy

39. Achieving quality education for Indigenous peoples and Blacks in Brazil, Petronilha Beatriz Gonçalves e Silva and Sonia Stella Araújo-Olivera

40. The education of ethnic minority groups in Mexico, Sonia Stella Araújo-Olivera and Petronilha Beatriz Gonçalves e Silva