Education and Social Transition in the Third World.

Through a comparative analysis of educational theory and practice, this analytic overview illuminates the larger economic and political changes occurring in five peripheral countries--China, Cuba, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Nicaragua--commonly viewed as in transition to socialism. Current political p...

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Autor principal: Carnoy, Martin
Altres autors: Samoff, Joel
Format: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Princeton : Princeton University Press 2014.
Col·lecció:Princeton legacy library.
Accés en línia:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7zvb75
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Sumari:Through a comparative analysis of educational theory and practice, this analytic overview illuminates the larger economic and political changes occurring in five peripheral countries--China, Cuba, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Nicaragua--commonly viewed as in transition to socialism. Current political patterns and leadership in these countries have emerged in the context of predominantly agricultural, industrially underdeveloped economies. Each state has played a major role in social transformation, relying on the educational system to train, educate, and socialize its future citizens. Discussi.
Descripció física:1 online resource (425 pages)
ISBN:9781400860692
1400860695
0691631484
9780691631486