Towards post-globalisation? on the hegemony of western education and development discourses

Abstract

This article argues that local discourses are narrowed through globalization policies and questions whether one can characterise as 'post-globalisation' a state of global and local unification in one capitalist discourse. Further, the article critically engages with such a state of the world, questioning the export of neoliberal western education and development models. Through a case study of a literacy project in Senegal, the article seeks to demonstrate that discourses at local and regional levels are similar to those at international levels, and that a capitalist-development path is widely accepted in many local and traditional societies. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.