Description |
xiii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
Series |
Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies |
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Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies.
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Contents |
The symbiotic linking of politics and education / R. Murray Thomas -- Part I. Strategies for using education to achieve political ends. West Germany: educational policy as compensatory legitimation / Hans N. Weiler -- Zaire : the state and the university / James S. Coleman and Ndolamb Ngokwey -- Nicaragua : educational opportunity and pre- and post-revolutionary conditions . Richard J. Kraft -- The United States of America : the languages of education : new ethnicity and the drive to power / Nathan Kravetz -- Part II. Patterns of majority-minority group relations. The People's Republic of China : educational policy and national minorities : the politics of intergroup relations / John N. Hawkins -- Malaysia : cooperation versus competition : or national unity versus favored access to education / R. Murray Thomas -- Jamaica : education and the maintenance of the social-class system / John J. Cogan -- Part III. Multiple group influences on educational decisions. Israel : political roots and effects of two educational decisions . Naftaly D. Clasman -- England and Wales : muted educational confrontations in a parliamentary democracy / Susanne M. Shafer -- Canada : educational decisions within a mosaic of interest groups / David L. Stoloff -- Cameroon : regional, ethnic, and religious influences on a post-colonial education system / William M. Rideout, Jr. -- Lessens from the 11 nations / Laurence Iannoccone |
Analysis |
Education and state Congresses Case studies |
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Education Congresses Political aspects Case studies |
Notes |
"A product of the Comparative and International Education Society's western regional conference held at the University of California, Santa Barbara, at the close of 1981"--Pref |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
Subject |
Education and state -- Case studies -- Congresses.
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Education and state -- Case studies.
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Education -- Political aspects -- Case studies -- Congresses.
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Education -- Political aspects -- Case studies.
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Education -- Political aspects.
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Author |
Thomas, R. Murray (Robert Murray), 1921-
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Comparative and International Education Society.
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LC no. |
82011296 |
ISBN |
0080289045 (paperback) |
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0080289053 |
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