Hegemony in a Globalized World: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the G8-Broader Middle East and North Africa Partnership from 2004 to 2013

For many marginalized countries across the Middle East and North Africa, globalization is heralded as a way to address educational, political, and social challenges. Yet in response to this globalization, nations are faced with reform choices that do not necessarily respond to local needs. And in the end, globalization is often code for westernization, where countries are forced to abandon their own unique cultures for a Western social, economic, educational, and political hegemony.

Hegemon...