The Problem of Girls Education in Postcolonial Pakistan (Global Education in the 21st Century)

Anwar, Javed

ISBN 10: 9004711902 / ISBN 13: 9789004711907

Published by Brill, 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Problem of Girls Education in Postcolonial Pakistan (Global Education in the 21st Century)
• Publisher: Brill
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004711902
• ISBN 13: 9789004711907
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book charts a comprehensive account of girls’ education in postcolonial Pakistan, and argues that the problem of girls’ education in rural areas needs to be situated in the construction of knowledge, the practice of power relations, and the contested processes of truth production. Drawing on theories of Foucault’s governmentality, postcolonialism and feminism, the author explores the context of Pakistan as a postcolonial Islamic nation-state, examines the British colonial legacies of governing institutions, discourses of gender and education, and development of girls’ education policy and practices. The book contributes to the development of the analytical framework of postcolonial Islamic governmentality and uses the framework to analyse the research data, and education policy texts and discourses.

About the Author

Javed Anwar, Ph.D. (2022), RMIT University, is a senior public servant in Balochistan and has extensive experience in policy and practice. He has published an article on Girls’ Education in Balochistan and a book on COVID 19 and the (Broken) Promise of Education for Sustainable Development.