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1 online resource (425 pages). |
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Princeton Legacy Library
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Princeton legacy library.
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Contents |
Cover; Contents; Part I: Education and Transition: Theory and Method; 1. The Search for Method; Part II: TheCase Studies; Part III:Conclusions. |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Education and state -- Developing countries -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Education and state. |
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Developing countries. |
Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies.
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Social change -- Developing countries -- Case studies.
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Social change. |
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Socialism and education -- Developing countries -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Socialism and education. |
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Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Economic conditions. |
Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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Added Author |
Samoff, Joel.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Carnoy, Martin. Education and Social Transition in the Third World. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2014 |
ISBN |
9781400860692 (electronic book) |
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1400860695 (electronic book) |
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