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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2014
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| Series: | Princeton legacy library.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (425 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781400860692 1400860695 0691631484 9780691631486 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
