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Gender, Schooling and Global Social Justice
Contributor(s): Unterhalter, Elaine (Author)
ISBN: 041535921X     ISBN-13: 9780415359214
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $161.50  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: October 2006
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Annotation: This book analyses a number of theoretical debates with regard to rights, justice and gender, and the light they throw on the global movement for gender equality in education, with a particular focus on the Education for All declaration and the Millennium Development Goals. The author concentrates the discussion on the significance of the theoretical insights for policy and practice.
The book is divided into three parts. The first part outlines a number of key theoretical issues concerning rights, conceptualizations of gender, and global social justice. The second part of the book considers how the debates concerning global justice, the definition of gender and forms of democratization are negotiated within particular settings. The concluding section of the book highlights the significance of the theoretical debates and the different forms of practice for each other.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Student Life & Student Affairs
- Social Science | Gender Studies
Dewey: 371.822
LCCN: 2006022154
Series: Foundations and Futures of Education
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 9.24" W x 6.42" (1.01 lbs) 224 pages
 
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Timely and original, this book examines gender equality in schooling as an aspiration of global social justice. With nearly one billion people having little or no schooling and women and girls comprising nearly two-thirds of this total, this book analyses the historical, sociological, political and philosophical issues involved as well as exploring actions taken by governments, Inter-Government Organisations, NGOs and women's groups since 1990 to combat this injustice.

Written by a recognised expert in this field, the book is organised clearly into three parts:

  • the first provides a background to the history of the provision of schooling for girls worldwide since 1945 and locates the challenges of gender inequality in education
  • the second examines different views as to why questions of gender and schooling should be addressed globally, contrasting arguments based on human capital theory, rights and capabilities
  • the third analyses how governments, Inter-Government Organisations and NGOs have put policy into practice.

Addressing the urgent global challenges in gender and schooling, this book calls for a new connected approach in policy and practice. It is essential reading for all those interested in education, along with developmental studies, sociology, politics and women's studies.