ABSTRACT

First Published in 1997. The impact of international social change is already having a marked effect on the Third World in their internal policies, budgets, and development programs. This collection of original articles addresses the importance of education in the creation of social and developmental policies; the effect of international changes on education; investment of limited resources in Third-World nations; the control of third-world elites over education and its continuation; the place of women and ethnic minorities in the educational schemes of the Third-World nations examined and country/regional case studies (Africa, India, China, South America).

part II|82 pages

Problems and Issues

chapter |20 pages

Metaphors of Educational Development

An Analysis of Information Flow between Cultures

chapter |16 pages

Education and National Unity

Toward the Sociocultural Integration of Ethnic Minorities

part II|122 pages

Case Studies

chapter |21 pages

Doing Justice

Education and Gender Relations in Africa

chapter |11 pages

Arab Women and Social Justice

Redistributive-Based Educational and Employment Opportunities (1970–1990)