Gender, Schooling and Global Social Justice

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-415-35921-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 511 g

Reihe: Foundations and Futures of Education

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Unterhalter, Elaine

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Context: History and Concepts 1. Gender and Education for All: Setting the Scene 2. Debating Global Social Justice Part 2: Why Address Gender and Schooling Globally? 3. Schooling Women and Girls: A Means not an End 4. Gendered Human Rights in Education 5. Capabilities and Obligations in an Unequal World 6. Power, Meaning and Activism: Some Problems for Global Social Justice Part 3: Schooling and Global Social Justice: Interventions, Institutions, and Interactions 7. Interventions: ‘Get Girls In’ 8. Institutionalising Gender Equality in Education 9. The Interactive Approach 10. Gender Equality, Global Social Justice and the Promise of School

Über Autor(innen)

Unterhalter, Elaine