Life Chances, Education and Social Movements

‘Knowledge is power; education is transformative. Agency is based on positive life chances; social movements are life changing. This book demonstrates how social justice embodies learning and activism, and how students, workers and citizens can engage to make the world a better place for all.’
—Rob White, Head of School of Social Sciences and Professor of Criminology, University of Tasmania, Australia

‘At this moment when humanity finds itself at a crossroads with crises enveloping democracies and the environment the world over, Lyle Munro’s Life Chances, Education and Social Movements illuminates where our attention is needed and how our efforts should be invested. Munro develops the conceptual prism of “life chances” and demonstrates how it enables us to conceptualise the ways in which societies should serve their populations. And, at a time when the scale of the issues confronting us is so great and so daunting, Munro’s holistic work clarifies what we all should be doing through important social movements to improve our collective life chances, as well as our chances of sustaining life on our planet. This is a book for our times.’
—Julian C. H. Lee, Associate Professor of Global Studies, RMIT University, Australia; Author of Women’s Activism in Malaysia: Voices and Insights; and Co-author of Monsters of Modernity: Global Icons for Our Critical Condition

‘Education matters, and everyone needs to have access to a rich education that prepares them for their lives as citizens, members of their communities and families, and as workers. Society benefits when more people have access to education. Lyle Munro shows why this is so in this important, scholarly and well-argued book.’
—Leesa Wheelahan, William G. Davis Chair in Community College Leadership, University of Toronto, Canada