Growing-Up Modern - The Western State Builds Third-World Schools (Hardcover)


The modern state -- First and Third Worlds alike -- pushes tirelessly to expand mass education and to deepen the schools' effect upon children. First published in 1991, Growing-Up Modern explores why, how, and with what actual effects state actors so vehemently pursue this dual political agenda. Bruce Fuller first delves into the motivations held by politicians, education bureaucrats and civic elites as they earnestly seek to spread schooling to younger children, older adults and previously disenfranchised groups. Fuller argues that the school provides an institutional stage on which political actors signal their ideals and the coming of greater modernity; broadening membership in the polity, promising mass opportunity in the wage sector, intensifying modern (bureaucratic) forms of school management, and deepening a presumed commitment to the child's individual development. Fuller advances a theory of the fragile state' where Western political expectations and organisations are placed within pluralistic Third World settings, using southern Africa as an example of the dilemmas faced by the central state.

R3,913

Or split into 4x interest-free payments of 25% on orders over R50
Learn more

Discovery Miles39130
Mobicred@R367pm x 12* Mobicred Info
Free Delivery
Delivery AdviceShips in 12 - 17 working days


Toggle WishListAdd to wish list
Review this Item

Product Description

The modern state -- First and Third Worlds alike -- pushes tirelessly to expand mass education and to deepen the schools' effect upon children. First published in 1991, Growing-Up Modern explores why, how, and with what actual effects state actors so vehemently pursue this dual political agenda. Bruce Fuller first delves into the motivations held by politicians, education bureaucrats and civic elites as they earnestly seek to spread schooling to younger children, older adults and previously disenfranchised groups. Fuller argues that the school provides an institutional stage on which political actors signal their ideals and the coming of greater modernity; broadening membership in the polity, promising mass opportunity in the wage sector, intensifying modern (bureaucratic) forms of school management, and deepening a presumed commitment to the child's individual development. Fuller advances a theory of the fragile state' where Western political expectations and organisations are placed within pluralistic Third World settings, using southern Africa as an example of the dilemmas faced by the central state.

Customer Reviews

No reviews or ratings yet - be the first to create one!

Product Details

General

Imprint

Routledge

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Series

Routledge Library Editions: Development

Release date

November 2010

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

2011

Authors

Dimensions

234 x 156mm (L x W)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

190

ISBN-13

978-0-415-59495-0

Barcode

9780415594950

Categories

LSN

0-415-59495-2



Trending On Loot