Education As Social Action - Knowledge, Identity and Power

Informationen zum Autor KAMARULZAMAN ASKANDAR Department of Research and Education for Peace, Universiti Sains Malaysia, MalaysiaROLAND KOSTIC Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, SwedenSUDHA PAI School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, IndiaYOGINDER S. SIKAND Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World, University of Leiden, The NetherlandsLARRY SWATUK Department of Political Studies, University of Botswana, BotswanaCONSUELO URIBE Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, ColumbiaDONN C. WORGS Department of Political Science, Towson University, USA Klappentext Education plays a very important role in breaking the cycle of poverty and increasing opportunity. Various forms of social movements play an important role in providing educational opportunities to communities and social groups that might otherwise be excluded, filling the gap left by the state. This book critically examines the origin and outcome of social action for education in different parts of the world. Zusammenfassung Education plays a very important role in breaking the cycle of poverty and increasing opportunity. Various forms of social movements play an important role in providing educational opportunities to communities and social groups that might otherwise be excluded, filling the gap left by the state. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Acknowledgements Contributors Acronyms Introduction: Knowledge, Identity and Power - Education Movements in the Global South; A.Swain Food for Starved Minds: The Mobilization of African Americans for Education; D.C.Worgs Education Movements, Power and Identity in Bosnia and Herzegovina; R.Kostic Universal Elementary Education in India: An Exploratory Study of Movements in Civil Society; S.Pai Muslim Madrasas in Contemporary South Asia; Y.S.Sikand Education among Indigenous Peoples from Colombia and Peru: Social Movement or Public Policy?; C.Uribe Education as an Agenda of Social Action in Malaysia: The Search for Unity in a Plural Society; K.Askandar Social Movements and the 'Education Revolution' in Post-apartheid South Africa; L.A.Swatuk Conclusions: Social Action for Education, the State and the Global Network; A.Swain Notes References Index...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: A. Swain
• Con la collaborazione di: Swain (Editore), A Swain (Editore), A. Swain (Editore)
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349525447
• ISBN: 978-1-349-52544-7
• Pagine: 275
• Serie: Published in Association with; Published in Association with
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale; B, Sociology of Education, Sociology, Social Inequality, Social & ethical issues, Sociology, general, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Philosophy & theory of education, Social Structure, Social research & statistics, Education and state, Central / national / federal government policies, Education Policy, Educational Philosophy, Education—Philosophy, Educational sociology, Education and sociology, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, education;identity;poverty