Education and Social Transition in the Third World - Carnoy, Martin (Princeton University Press, 2014)
Cover; Contents; Part I: Education and Transition: Theory and Method; 1. The Search for Method; Part II: TheCase Studies; Part III:Conclusions
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