The Politics of Education in Developing Countries
From Schooling to Learning
Naomi Hossain editor Sam Hickey editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:22nd Mar '19
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Why have many developing countries that have succeeded in expanding access to education made such limited progress on improving learning outcomes? There is a growing recognition that the learning crisis constitutes a significant dimension of global inequality and also that educational outcomes in developing countries are shaped by political as well as socio-economic and other factors. The Politics of Education in Developing Countries focuses on how politics shapes the capacity and commitment of elites to tackle the learning crisis in six developing countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ghana, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda. The problem of education quality is serious across the Global South. The Politics of Education in Developing Countries: From Schooling to Learning deploys a new conceptual framework-the domains of power approach-to show how the type of political settlement shapes the level of elite commitment and state capacity to improving learning outcomes. The domain of education is prone to being highly politicized, as it offers an important source of both rents and legitimacy to political elites, and can be central to paradigmatic elite ideas around nation-building and modernity. Of particular importance is the relative strength of coalitions pushing for access as against those focused on issues of higher quality education. This book concludes with a discussion of entry points and strategies for thinking and working politically in relation to education quality reforms and critical commentaries.
Scholars have for years lamented the scarcity of research on politics in education, especially in developing countries. Hickey and Hossain bring together a volume that makes a major contribution to filling that gap. Brimming with insights, both practical and theoretical, this book will be of keen interest to anyone concerned with the complex and contentious politics of improving education or enhancing public services generally * Ben Ross Schneider, Ford International Professor, Department of Political Science, and Director, MIT Brazil Program, MIT, US *
This is a major contribution to the international literature on how politics shapes education policy and practice in developing countries. It unpacks the critical questions on current debates about the learning crisis that confronts education systems in developing countries and brings into sharp focus the centrality of political economy arguments in understanding the global learning crisis. Not only are the overall analysis and arguments presented in the book both novel and well informed, the book is vitally important and timely for analysts and researchers studying education reforms in developing countries. * Kwame Akyeampong, Professor of International Education and Development, Centre for International Education, University of Sussex, UK *
This excellent, well-researched, and wide ranging series of case studies sheds light on a key issue of our time, namely how to transform the political economy of education systems to enable learning for all. * Leon Tikly, Professor in Education, School of Education, University of Bristol, UK *
ISBN: 9780198835684
Dimensions: 235mm x 164mm x 19mm
Weight: 516g
256 pages