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1 online resource |
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Routledge revivals |
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Making of modern Africa |
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Routledge revivals.
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Making of modern Africa.
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Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; List of Maps; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The Promise and Deception of Modern Education in Sub-Saharan Africa; Colonial Education: The Civilizing Mission, 1910-1960; Independence Education: "For the Grandeur of the Whole Nation", 1960-1980; Austerity Education: Sauve Qui Peut, 1980-; 3 Social Class, Civil Society, and Political Analysis in Sub-Saharan Africa; Elite Theory and Social Class Analysis; Political Elites and Ruling Classes; Elites, Classes, and Civil Society |
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4 Schooling and Social Stratification in Sub-Saharan AfricaSocial Class Analysis, Civil Society, and Schools; Private Schooling: Class Formation for Emerging Civil Societies; New Political Realities: Passive Social Differentiation; 5 Cameroon: Parents' Organizations, Private Schools, and the Development of Educational Privilege; Schooling in Yaoundé: Growth, Privilege, and Fiscal Crisis; Schools in Yaoundé II: The Geography of Educational Privilege; Signs of the Times: Parents' Associations and Private Schools; Conclusion: The Emergence of a Class-based Civil Society |
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6 Returning to Class: Congo and the Social Costs of a Collapsed Education SystemA "Vision" of National Education, 1954-1970; Egalitarian Rhetoric in an Exploitative State, 1970-1980; Attempting to Salvage the National School System, 1980-1985; Private Education in Kinshasa: Social Flight or Salvation? 1985-; 7 Enhancing the Status Quo: Kenya and the Consolidation of Educational Privilege; Nairobi and the Establishment of Formal Schooling in Kenya; Shifting the Burden: Fiscal Austerity and New Patterns of Social Stratification in the 1980s |
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Nairobi in the 1990s: Street Kids, European Academies, and the Reinforcement of PrivilegeConclusion: The Politics of Passive Social Differentiation; 8 Schooling for a New Century: Diversity for All, Opportunity for the Few; Differentiating Urban Educational Experiences; Schools, Class Formation, and Civil Society in Africa; The Prospects for Formal Schooling in Africa; Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
This study of the politics of education in Cameroon, the Congo and Kenya presents arresting empirical evidence that urban elites exiting public sector educational systems they have dominated in favour of private school networks of their own creation. Seeking to enhance their offspring's chances for survival and even domination in a world of scarce resources and limited opportunities for employment, elites see private schools as tools to shape newly emerging civil societies in Africa in their own image. From a theoretical perspective, the fresh evidence presented here shows that schooling has once again become a major social force influencing the balance of state and society in modern Africa. Re-examining an older political tradition of class analysis and integrating it into more recent civil society perspectives, the author shows that the abandonment of the unreliable education services of dysfunctional African states in favour of private schools has profound consequences for class articulation in societies dividing, once again, according to educational opportunities |
Notes |
Originally published 1999 by Ashgate Publishing |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 26, 2018) |
Subject |
Education and state -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Social classes -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Civil society -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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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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Civil society
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Education and state
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Social classes
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780429461538 |
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0429461534 |
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