| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 197 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge studies in sustainable development.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Universities from an education and development perspective -- 3. How development theories understand universities -- 4. A foundation of human development and capabilities for higher education -- 5. Higher education policies from a human development perspective -- 6. University knowledge contributions and human development -- 7. Democratising research : expanding capabilities through participatory action research -- 8. Student learning opportunities and outcomes -- 9. The human development-friendly university |
| Summary |
This book makes the case for a critical turn in development thinking around universities and their contributions in making a more equal post-2015 world. It puts forward a normative approach based on human development and the capability approach, one which can gain a hearing from policy, scholarship, and practitioners dealing with practical issues of understanding policy, democratising research and knowledge, and fostering student learning - all key university functions. The book argues that such an approach can elucidate development debates drawing on local, national and international issues and examples to show why higher education matters for sustainable development goals both in educational and social terms. It advocates a new arena of engagement with universities as key sites of development and freedoms beyond human capital and challenges development omissions and gaps around university education. The book explores how the human development approach addresses the following core ideas: the meaning of well-being, the idea of agency, participation and democratic citizenship, how to address inequalities, the relation between local and global, and the idea of equitable partnerships. This book is addressed to researchers and postgraduate students in development studies, university education, the capability approach and human development community |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 22, 2016) |
| Subject |
Education, Higher -- Social aspects
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Education, Higher -- Economic aspects
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Economic development -- Effect of education on.
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Education and state.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Economic development -- Effect of education on
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Education and state
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Education, Higher -- Economic aspects
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Education, Higher -- Social aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Walker, Melanie, author.
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| ISBN |
9781317587194 |
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1317587197 |
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1138822450 |
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9781138822450 |
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9781317587187 |
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1317587189 |
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9781315742793 |
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1315742799 |
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