Western Promises? A Critical Review of the (Anti-)Democratic Effects of Western Education in Non-Western Countries
Review of Educational Research
Published online on March 24, 2026
Abstract
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Western education is credited with producing democratic reformers from non-Western countries—and blamed for training dictators, elitist technocrats, and antiliberal leaders. Why do similar programs generate such divergent political trajectories? Drawing ...
Western education is credited with producing democratic reformers from non-Western countries—and blamed for training dictators, elitist technocrats, and antiliberal leaders. Why do similar programs generate such divergent political trajectories? Drawing ...