Class Formation and Civil Society
The Politics of Education in Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3910765 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tom Draisma, Deborah J Kallmann, Patrick M Boyle (0000-0001-9048-1239) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 499 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of African Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-7882 • E-ISSN: 2326-3016 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3097544 |
| OpenAlex | W417266031, W4301870182 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Part 1 Introduction. Part 2 The promise and deception of modern education in sub-Sahara Africa: colonial education - the civilizing mission, 1910-1960 independence education - for the grandeur of the whole nation, 1960-1980 austerity education - sauve qui peut, 1980-. Part 3 Social class, civil society, and political analysis in sub-Sahara Africa: elite theory and social class analysis political elites and ruling classes elite, classes, and civil society. Part 4 Schooling and social stratification in sub-Sahara Africa: social class analysis, civil society, and schools private schooling - class formation for emerging civil societies new political realities - passive social differentiation. Part 5 Cameroon - parents' organizations, private schools, and the development of educational privilege: schooling in Yaounde - growth, privilege, and fiscal crisis schools in Yaounde II - the geography of educational privilege signs of the times - parents' associations and private schools emergence of a class-based civil society. Part 6 Returning to class - the Congo and the social costs of a collapsed educational system: a vision of national education, 1954-1970 egalitarian rhetoric in an exploitative state, 1970-1980 attempting to salvage the national school system, 1980-1985 private education - social flight or development? 1985-. Part 7 Enhancing the status quo - Kenya and the consolidation of educational privilege: Nairobi and the establishment of formal schooling shifting the burden - fiscal austerity and new patterns of social stratification in the 1980s Nairobi in the 1990s - street kids, European academies, and the reinforcement of privilege the politics of passive social stratification. Part 8 Schooling for a new century - diversity for all, opportunity for the few: differentiating urban educational experiences schools, class formation, and civil society in Africa the prospects for formal schooling in Africa
Civil society · Class formation · Development economics · Economics · Epistemology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · African Education and Politics · Education Systems and Policy · Gender Studies · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Philosophy · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2013 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |