Introduction: Sixteen propositions on the contexts of inclusive education David Mitchell 1. The Global Context of Inclusive Education: The role of the United Nations Peter Mittler 2. Inclusive Education in the Globalization Age: The promise of a comparative cultural-historical analysis Alfredo Artiles and Alan Dyson 3. Philosophy, Politics and Economics? The story of inclusive education in England Alan Dyson 4. Push and Pull: Forces that are shaping inclusion in the United States and Canada Margaret J. McLaughlin and Anne Jordan 5. Inclusive Education in some Western European Countries: Different policy rhetorics and school realities Ingemar Emanuelsson, Peder Haug and Bengt Persson 6. Education and the Problem of Recognition: An Australian snapshot Roger Slee 7. Diverse Socio-cultural Contexts for Inclusive Education in Asia David Mitchell and Ishwar Desai 8. Equity and Inclusive Education in Latin America Todd Fletcher and Alfredo J. Artiles 9. Inclusive Education in South Africa: An emerging pedagogy of possibility Sigamoney Manicka Naicker 10. Inclusive Education in Middle Eastern Cultures: The challenge of tradition Ronald C. Brown 11. Directions for the Future Todd Fletcher