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Education as Social Action

Knowledge, Identity and Power

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  • © 2005

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Editors:
  1. Ashok Swain

    1. Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction: Knowledge, Identity and Power — Education Movements in the Global South

    • Ashok Swain
    Pages 1-19

  3. Food for Starved Minds: The Mobilization of African-Americans for Education

    • Donn C. Worgs
    Pages 20-51

  4. Education Movements, Power and Identity in Bosnia and Herzegovina

    • Roland Kostić
    Pages 52-74

  5. Universal Elementary Education in India: An Exploratory Study of Movements in Civil Society

    • Sudha Pai
    Pages 75-104

  6. Muslim Madrasas in Contemporary South Asia

    • Yoginder S. Sikand
    Pages 105-131

  7. Education among Indigenous Peoples from Colombia and Peru: Social Movement or Public Policy?

    • Consuelo Uribe
    Pages 132-158

  8. Education as an Agenda of Social Action in Malaysia: The Search for Unity in a Plural Society

    • Kamarulzaman Askandar
    Pages 159-177

  9. Social Movements and the “Education Revolution” in Postapartheid South Africa

    • Larry A. Swatuk
    Pages 178-204

  10. Conclusion: Social Action for Education, the State and the Global Network

    • Ashok Swain
    Pages 205-214

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 215-257
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Education plays a very important role in breaking the cycle of poverty and increasing opportunity. Various forms of social movements play an important role in providing 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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden

    Ashok Swain

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KAMARULZAMAN ASKANDAR Department of Research and Education for Peace, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia ROLAND KOSTIC Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden SUDHA PAI School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India YOGINDER S. SIKAND Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World, University of Leiden, The Netherlands LARRY SWATUK Department of Political Studies, University of Botswana, Botswana CONSUELO URIBE Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Columbia DONN C. WORGS Department of Political Science, Towson University, USA

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