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The Political Economy of Adult Education and Development (Paperback)
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The Political Economy of Adult Education and Development (Paperback)
Series: Global Perspectives on Adult Education and Training
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In the formerly colonial world, the discourse of development has
established an almost unquestioned intellectual and political
dominance. Adult educators, their purposes and their programmes,
are inevitably deeply shaped by this fact. Frank Youngman believes
that adult educators need to have an understanding of the various
different theories of development, and how different development
strategies and biases impact on their own work. The purpose of his
book is to provide a theory of applied political economy to explain
the interface between society and adult education in developing
countries. The author's own approach is broadly influenced by the
Marxist tradition, but one that seeks to transcend many of the
limitations and rigidities often prevalent in the past. He
introduces adult educators to the main competing theories of
development - the modernisation, dependency, neo-liberal and
various alternative approaches. He then demonstrates the power of
his analytical tools by examining a variety of specific issues
affecting adult education. These include the impact of foreign aid,
social inequalities (notably class, gender and ethnic
inequalities), and the relationship between state and civil society
in peripheral capitalist societies. The book draws on a wealth of
empirical information and case studies from various parts of the
world, but with particular attention to the country which the
author knows best, Botswana. Its signal contribution is its
elaboration of a theory of the political economy of adult education
in the context of development and its demonstration of the
applicability of this theoretical framework, including its
usefulness in generating appropriate research agendas.
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