Social Justice and Third World Education / Edition 1

by Timothy J. Scrase

Overview

First Published in 1997. The impact of international social change is already having a marked effect on the Third World in their internal policies, budgets, and development programs. This collection of original articles addresses the importance of education in the creation of social and developmental policies; the effect of international changes on education; investment of limited resources in Third-World nations; the control of third-world elites over education and its continuation; the place of women and ethnic minorities in the educational schemes of the Third-World nations examined and country/regional case studies (Africa, India, China, South America).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815311683
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/01/1996
Series:	Reference Books In International Education , #37
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Part I Problems and Issues; Chapter 1 Education for Development and Social Justice in the Third World, M.K. Bacchus; Chapter 2 and the Demise of Social Justice in the Third World, John Martino; Chapter 3 Metaphors of Educational Development, Christine Fox; Chapter 4 Education and National Unity, Ibrahim Alladin; Part II Case Studies; Chapter 5 Doing Justice, Lynn Davies; Chapter 6 Social Justice and the Micropolitics of Schooling in India, Ganguly-Scrase Ruchira; Chapter 7 A Caribbean Experiment in Education for Social Justice, Hickling-Hudson Anne; Chapter 8 Social Justice and Education in China, Ronald F. Price; Chapter 9 Arab Women and Social Justice, Khadiga M. Safwat; Chapter 10 Education and Social Justice in South America, Carlos Marin;

Editorial Reviews

"...is a solid study of both definition and application. It is a work that effectively combines the theoretical underpinnings of social justice with its tangible manifestations. An important contribution to the field of comparative and international education." — Comparative Education Review
"This overview makes compelling reading. Recommended for upper-division undergraduates and graduate students." — Choice

From the Publisher

A collection of ten essays advocating the important link between social justice and education and pointing out the threats posed to both by internal policy and budgeting. The contributors include a selection of international scholars and program administrators presenting their views on Third World education, the demise of social justice, education as a factor in the integration of ethnic minorities, the politics of schooling in India, a case study in Grenada, the intersections of social justice with education in South America and China, and the economic effects of schooling for Arab and African women. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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