Introduction -- Setting the stage -- Discourse -- International development as an organizational field -- Educational development professionals -- Conferences to universalize education, 1945-1990 -- Protocol for identifying international development organizations -- Major postwar international conferences on mass education
Summary
This volume analyses the role of discourse, organizations, professionalism and conferences in shaping education for development since World War II. Using the directories and databases of international organizations, proceedings of international conferences and interviews with more than 40 development professionals, this book explores historical trends in development discourse and how these trends are reflected in education policies and projects in less industrialized countries
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-191) and index
