TY - GEN T1 - Education and Social Transition in the Third World. T2 - Princeton legacy library. A1 - Carnoy, Martin A2 - Samoff, Joel LA - English PP - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press YR - 2014 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn884013182 AB - 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. OP - 425 CN - LC98 SN - 9781400860692 SN - 1400860695 SN - 0691631484 SN - 9780691631486 KW - Education and state : Developing countries : Cross-cultural studies. KW - Social change : Developing countries : Case studies. KW - Socialism and education : Developing countries : Cross-cultural studies. KW - Developing countries : Economic conditions : Cross-cultural studies. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Political Economy. KW - EDUCATION : Essays. KW - EDUCATION : Organizations & Institutions. KW - EDUCATION : Reference. KW - Economic history KW - Education and state KW - Social change KW - Socialism and education KW - Developing countries KW - Case studies KW - Cross-cultural studies ER -