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Education as Social Action : Knowledge, Identity and Power /

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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. Thi...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Swain, Ashok (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Subjects:
Education.
Education Policy.
Educational Philosophy.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Sociology of Education.
Sociology, general.
Education and state.
Education > Philosophy.
Educational sociology.
Equality.
Social structure.
Sociology.
Electronic books.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XVIII, 257 pages)
ISBN:9780230505605
DOI:10.1057/9780230505605