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Education and Empowered Citizenship in Mali
Jaimie Bleck
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Paperback. Furthermore, Bleck demonstrates that increasing levels of education are associated with increases in more engaged forms of political participation, including campaigning, willingness to run for office, and contacting government officials. Num Pages: 232 pages, 13, 12 black & white line drawings, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDM; JNA; JNF; JPA; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
Primary school enrollment has nearly tripled in Mali since 1991, when the country made its first transition to multiparty democracy. Jaimie Bleck explores the effect of this expanded access to education by analyzing the relationship between parents' and students' respective experiences with schooling and their current participation in politics. In a nation characterized both by the declining quality of public education and by a growing number of accredited private providers, does education contribute substantially to the political knowledge and participation of its citizens? Are all educational institutions (public and private, Islamic and secular) equally capable of shaping democratic citizens? Education ... Read more
Primary school enrollment has nearly tripled in Mali since 1991, when the country made its first transition to multiparty democracy. Jaimie Bleck explores the effect of this expanded access to education by analyzing the relationship between parents' and students' respective experiences with schooling and their current participation in politics. In a nation characterized both by the declining quality of public education and by a growing number of accredited private providers, does education contribute substantially to the political knowledge and participation of its citizens? Are all educational institutions (public and private, Islamic and secular) equally capable of shaping democratic citizens? Education ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421417813
SKU
V9781421417813
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About Jaimie Bleck
Jaimie Bleck is the Ford Family Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame.
Reviews for Education and Empowered Citizenship in Mali
Through a nuanced analysis of Mali in comparative context, Bleck persuasively argues that schools can teach students the tools of political participation and allow parents to connect with the state. Foreign Affairs