Education for Development in Northern Pakistan: Opportunities and Constraints for Rural Households - Couverture rigide

Benz, Andreas Johannes

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0199069174 ISBN 13 : 9780199069170

Editeur : OUP Pakistan, 2014

Synopsis

Education is seen as one of the key factors for development and it is given high priority in development agendas. This book exemplifies the links between schooling and development in Gilgit-Baltistan in northern Pakistan, which is considered a model region for successful educational expansion and rural development. In this cutting-edge academic study , the author shows in detail the trajectories of educational development in Gilgit-Baltistan from the earliest schools to the establishment of the first university and provides explanations for educational disparities along the lines of regional and intra-denominational variation, as well as socio-economic and gender-related inequalities. This original research work with in-depth village case studies in three unique rural communities of Gilgit-Baltistan provides robust empirical data, analyzed through a state-of the art multi-disciplinary theoretical framework and field work methodology. In detail, the logics of educational choices are analyzed and explained in their local socio-cultural context. Many households could strongly benefit from their education strategies. But the study also draws attention to persisting gender disparities and the threat of a deepening educational and socio-economic divide. It creates awareness for the problems of the educationally marginalized and their unequal chances to participate in education and its benefits.

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À propos de l'auteur

Dr. Andreas Benz is research associate at the Centre for Development Studies (ZELF), Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany. He studied Human Geography, Islamic Studies and Political Science at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, and Freie Universität, Berlin. He completed his PhD in 2011 on the topic of education and development in Gilgit-Baltistan, northern Pakistan, based on numerous research visits to the region between 2006 and 2010. Since 2011, he has been a member and research associate for Crossroads Asia: Conflict, Migration, Development, a research network, for which he is conducting a 4-year research study on student mobility and migration in northern Pakistan and north-western India.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: OUP Pakistan
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0199069174
• ISBN 13: 9780199069170
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 452
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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