A Decolonizing Encounter examines the effects of western colonialism on historically
marginalized and colonized populations living both in the West and the «third world».
Specifically it explores crucial issues such as the decolonizing of schools and communities of
color the decentralization of power of the capitalist and colonial state globalization
democracy and struggle for political and economic justice for all peoples. This book holds
appeal particularly to committed social justice educators as well as scholars and community
activists concerned with the important issues of schooling colonization democracy and the
right of all students to have access to quality and democratic education. Given its
interdisciplinary scope undergraduate and graduate students majoring in or interested in
disciplines such as education colonial and postcolonial studies history anthropology
sociology and ethnic studies will find this book deeply relevant to their intellectual
formation and scholarly interests.
