1. Introduction : knowledge, identity and power - education movements in the global south -- 2. Food for starved minds : the mobilization of African-Americans for education -- 3. Education movements, power and identity in Bosnia and Herzegovina -- 4. Universal elementary education in India : an exploratory study of movements in civil society -- 5. Muslim madrasas in contemporary South Asia -- 6. Education among indigenous peoples from Colombia and Peru : social movement or public policy? -- 7. Education as an agenda of social action in Malaysia : the search for unity in a plural society -- 8. Social movements and the "education revolution" in postapartheid South Africa -- 9. Conclusion : social action for education, the state and the global network
Summary
"This edited volume evaluates the relevance of the dominant theoretical discourse to understand the origin and outcome of the social actions for education undertaken in various regions of the world."--BOOK JACKET
Notes
Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-241) and index
