Schools for conflict or for peace in Afghanistan / Dana Burde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burde, Dana, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Afghanistan.

Education.

Schools--Afghanistan.

Schools.

Education and state--Afghanistan.

Education and state.

Nation-building--Afghanistan.

Nation-building.

Economic assistance, American--Afghanistan.

Economic assistance, American.

Humanitarian assistance, American--Afghanistan.

Humanitarian assistance, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Chichester, England : Columbia University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Foreign-backed funding for education does not always stabilize a country and enhance its state building efforts. Dana Burde shows how aid to education in Afghanistan bolstered conflict both deliberately in the 1980's through violence-infused, anti-Soviet curricula and inadvertently in the 2000's through misguided stabilization programs. She also reveals how dominant humanitarian models that determine what counts as appropriate aid have limited attention and resources toward education, in some cases fueling programs that undermine their goals. For education to promote peace in Afghanistan, Burde argues we must expand equal access to quality community-based education and support programs that increase girls' and boys' attendance at school. Referring to a recent U.S. effort that has produced strong results in these areas, Burde commends the program's efficient administration and good quality, and its neutral curriculum, which can reduce conflict and build peace in lasting ways. Drawing on up-to-date research on humanitarian education work amid conflict zones around the world and incorporating insights gleaned from extensive fieldwork in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Burde recalculates and improves a popular formula for peace.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Time Line. Education in Modern Afghan History

1. Introduction

2. Humanitarian Action and the Neglect of Education

3. Jihad Literacy

4. Education for Stability

5. Education for the World

6. Conclusion. Education as Hope

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780231537513

0231537514

OCLC:

979739475