Schooling, Teachers and Post-Conflict State Formation in Liberia:Blackboard Nation
The book examines schooling as an institution through which citizenship, authority, and inequality are shaped. It places teachers within Liberia’s wider political and social history, connecting educational reform with questions of belonging and state formation.
Schooling as a question of citizenship and power
Across Indigenous education, settler domination, civil conflict, and postwar reconstruction, the book considers how classrooms and curricula have mediated authority and belonging. It examines teachers as professional and political actors whose responsibilities extend beyond lesson delivery.
For researchers and policymakers
Written for scholars, policymakers, and development partners, the book offers a historical perspective on why educational reforms may reproduce inequality or encounter persistent constraints.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Series: Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democracy
Scheduled publication: 18 February 2027
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-032-31765-0