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Global human rights and contextualised civic learning: a case study of human rights education in Japan

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While global human rights knowledge has become a central facet of curricula used to shape multicultural societies and develop cosmopolitan citizenry, such knowledge is shaped by sociopolitical context. Japan has a long history of incorporating human rights concepts into its citizenship curriculum; however, this curriculum is produced in a political context where there is resistance to extending rights to minorities and the disadvantaged, and where there are renewed attempts to emphasise tr...

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SSD
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Education
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University of Oxford
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SSD
Department:
OSGA
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Japanese Studies
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Education
Role:
Supervisor


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DPhil
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Doctoral
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University of Oxford


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