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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carnoy, Martin
Other Authors: Samoff, Joel
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press 2014.
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7zvb75
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (425 pages)
ISBN:9781400860692
1400860695
0691631484
9780691631486