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Education as social action : knowledge, identity, and power / edited by Ashok Swain.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular education--Cross-cultural studies.
- Popular education.
- Educational equalization--Cross-cultural studies.
- Educational equalization.
- Basic education.
- Basic education--Cross-cultural studies.
- Genre:
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 257 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
- Summary:
- Education plays a very important role in breaking the cycle of poverty and increasing opportunity and various social movements provide 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-241) and index.
- ISBN:
- 140394914X
- 9781403949141
- OCLC:
- 57069354
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