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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Legitimacy and the contingent diffusion of world culture
:
diversity and human rights in social science textbooks, divergent cross-national patterns (1970-2008)
Other titles:
Nebent.: Comparing minority and human rights discourse in social science textbooks
Description:
Abstract: Over the 20th century the celebration of both human rights and the rights of diverse minorities have become central features of an emerging world culture. Using multilevel modeling I empirically test whether nation-state legitimacy, measured on security, political, and cultural dimensions, influences emphases on diversity and human rights in national curricula. The data consist of 501 high school history, civics, and social studies textbooks from 67 countries published between 1970–2008. I find that discussions of human rights are on the rise in all countries, particularly in less legitimate ones. In contrast, discussions of the rights of diverse groups are lower in less legitimate countries. These findings provide a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between globalization and education; the spread of world culture is mediated by both the nature of the element being diffused, in this case diversity or human rights, and nation-state legitimacy. Keywords: neoinstitutional theory, world culture, diffusion, human rights, minority rights, education