Culture and Mass Schooling - Couverture souple

Platas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1009640364 ISBN 13 : 9781009640367

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Synopsis

Education is central to politics, economic growth, and human well-being. Yet large gaps in levels of education persist across different groups, often for generations. Why? This book argues that culture – specifically, community norms about schooling – plays a central role in explaining the persistence of educational inequality across groups. Melina R. Platas uses the case of the Muslim-Christian education gap in Africa, where Muslims have on average three fewer years of education than Christians, to examine the origins and persistence of educational inequality. She documents the colonial origins of this gap and develops a cultural theory of its persistence, focusing on the case studies of Malawi, Nigeria and Uganda. Platas uses census and survey data from nearly 30 African countries, archival documents, interviews, focus groups, and coordination games to explore this ubiquitous yet underappreciated gap in educational attainment, and to measure divergent schooling norms across religious communities in Africa today.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Melina R. Platas is Associate Professor in the Division of Social Science at New York University Abu Dhabi. Her research explores the social and political determinants of human development, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa. She holds a BA in Human Biology and a Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1009640364
• ISBN 13: 9781009640367
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 276
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Cambridge University Press; https://www.cambridge.org/; ; Via Honduras,15; Pomezia; Italia; 71; Italie