Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Dedication -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I. Divisive or Inclusive? Issues in Education and Social Cohesion -- 1. Violence, Democracy, and Education: An Analytic Framework -- 2. Education for Diversity: Investing in Systemic Change through Curriculum, Textbooks, and Teachers -- Part II. Educating for Conflict or for Diversity? Case Studies -- 3. Textbooks, Respect for Diversity, and Social Cohesion -- 4. Textbooks in South Africa from Apartheid to Post-Apartheid: Ideological Change Revealed by Racial Stereotyping -- 5. Romani Children in European Schools: Recent Experience -- 6. Textbook Selection and Respect for Diversity in the United States -- Part III. Applications -- 7. Social Analysis in the Design of World Bank Education Projects -- 8. Diversity-Sensitive Interventions in Curriculum, Textbooks, and Pedagogical Practices: Guidelines for International Assistance Agencies.