The Politics Of Education In Developing Countries

Author : Samuel Hickey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019883568X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Education in Developing Countries written by Samuel Hickey and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on how politics shapes the capacity and commitment of elites to tackle the learning crisis in six developing countries. It deploys a new conceptual framework to show how the type of political settlement shaptes the level of elite commitment and state capacity to improving learning outcomes.

Author : Samuel Hickey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780191873201
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Education in Developing Countries written by Samuel Hickey and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on how politics shapes the capacity and commitment of elites to tackle the learning crisis in six developing countries. It deploys a new conceptual framework to show how the type of political settlement shaptes the level of elite commitment and state capacity to improving learning outcomes.

Author : Paul Glewwe
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022607885X
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Education Policy in Developing Countries written by Paul Glewwe and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-12-17 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost any economist will agree that education plays a key role in determining a country’s economic growth and standard of living, but what we know about education policy in developing countries is remarkably incomplete and scattered over decades and across publications. Education Policy in Developing Countries rights this wrong, taking stock of twenty years of research to assess what we actually know—and what we still need to learn—about effective education policy in the places that need it the most. Surveying many aspects of education—from administrative structures to the availability of health care to parent and student incentives—the contributors synthesize an impressive diversity of data, paying special attention to the gross imbalances in educational achievement that still exist between developed and developing countries. They draw out clear implications for governmental policy at a variety of levels, conscious of economic realities such as budget constraints, and point to crucial areas where future research is needed. Offering a wealth of insights into one of the best investments a nation can make, Education Policy in Developing Countries is an essential contribution to this most urgent field.

Author : Damien Kingsbury
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135158314X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Politics in Developing Countries written by Damien Kingsbury and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Politics in Developing Countries provides a clear and reader-friendly introduction to the key factors and themes that shape political processes in developing countries. Achieving development outcomes such as reducing poverty and inequality is only possible through efficient governance, well-planned policies and careful allocation of resources, but often politics in developing countries has been identified with mismanagement, corruption, conflict and repression of dissent. This book assesses the politics of developing countries in the period since decolonisation, focusing on the ways in which states have or have not worked to the advancement of their citizens’ interests. Key topics include: Colonialism and its legacy Ethnicity and nation building Governance, corruption and the role of the state Poverty and the political economy of development Aid and outside influence. Drawing on a range of case studies from around the world, Politics in Developing Countries looks at the consistencies and variations between developing countries, examining why some have forestalled political change by liberalising their economies, and others have actively stifled calls for change. Wide-ranging and engagingly written, this introductory textbook is perfect for students of politics and international development, as well as for those with a general interest in the challenges faced by countries in the Global South.

Author : Nelly P. Stromquist
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113557961X
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Politics of Educational Innovations in Developing Countries written by Nelly P. Stromquist and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-08-29 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the educational arena, new ideas often compete as solutions to recurrent problems, making the concept of "innovations" a widespread discursive term. While expectations are substantial for each innovation, implementation of ideas has shown them to be more modest in practice. This book examines innovations in several developing countries, presenting case studies of technological, curricular, and organizational innovations selected for their magnitude in financial investment, scope, and duration. The case studies explore the social and political contexts that shaped the features of these innovations and what they accomplished over time in terms of teacher cost reduction, status mobility, access to education, and national unity. The experience of countries such as Brazil, Lesotho, the Philippines, and Namibia, and the influence of international agencies such as the World Bank are described and analyzed against theories of social and organizational change. The case studies themselves also serve as subjects for reflection on the prevailing positivist approaches to research and knowledge. The Politics of Educational Innovations should be of considerable interest to students of educational change, wither in the academic world or in the fields of government and international cooperation.

Author : Samira Alayan
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 0857454617
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Education Reform in the Middle East written by Samira Alayan and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Education systems and textbooks in selected countries of the Middle East are increasingly the subject of debate. This volume presents and analyzes the major trends as well as the scope and the limits of education reform initiatives undertaken in recent years. In curricula and teaching materials, representations of the “Self” and the “Other” offer insights into the contemporary dynamics of identity politics. By building on a network of scholars working in various countries in the Middle East itself, this book aims to contribute to the evolution of a field of comparative education studies in this region.

Author : Terry M. Moe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107168880
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Comparative Politics of Education written by Terry M. Moe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides new evidence on teachers unions and their political activities across nations, and offers a foundation for a comparative politics of education.

Author : Charles Dunford Rowley
Publisher : Bernan Press(PA)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Educational Planning in Developing Countries written by Charles Dunford Rowley and published by Bernan Press(PA). This book was released on 1971 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UNESCO pub. Booklet on political aspects of educational planning in developing countries - includes references.

Author : Paulo Freire
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 : 0897890434
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Education written by Paulo Freire and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1985 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constitutes the voice of a great teacher who has managed to replace the melancholic and despairing discourse of the post-modern Left with possibility and human compassion. "Educational Theory".

Author : Mark Baskin
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 073918069X
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Distributive Politics in Developing Countries written by Mark Baskin and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the increasing use of Constituency Development Funds (CDFs) in emerging democratic governments in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and Oceania. CDFs dedicate public money to benefit parliamentary constituencies through allocations and/or spending decisions influenced by Members of Parliament (MPs). The contributors employ the term CDF as a generic term although such funds have a different names, such as electoral development funds (Papua New Guinea), constituency development catalyst funds (Tanzania), or Member of Parliament Local Area Development Fund (India), etc. In some ways, the funds resemble the ad hoc pork barrel policy-making employed in the U.S. Congress for the past 200 years. However, unlike earmarks, CDFs generally become institutionalized in the government’s annual budget and are distributed according to different criteria in each country. They enable MPs to influence programs in their constituencies that finance education, and build bridges, roads, community centers, clinics and schools. In this sense, a CDF is a politicized form of spending that can help fill in the important gaps in government services in constituencies that have not been addressed in the government’s larger, comprehensive policy programs. This first comprehensive treatment of CDFs in the academic and development literatures emerges from a project at the State University of New York Center for International Development. This project has explored CDFs in 19 countries and has developed indicators on their emergence, operations, and oversight. The contributors provide detailed case studies of the emergence and operations of CDFs in Kenya, Uganda, Jamaica, and India, as well as an analysis of earmarks in the U.S. Congress, and a broader analysis of the emergence of the funds in Africa. They cover the emergence, institutionalization, and accountability of these funds; analyze key issues in their operations; and offer provisional conclusions of what the emergence and operations of these funds say about the democratization of politics in developing countries and current approaches to international support for democratic governance in developing countries.