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Education in urban areas : cross-national dimensions
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- Creator
- edited by Nelly P. Stromquist
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1994
- Physical Details
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- xi, 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780275946586, 0275946584
- OCLC
- ocm28026767
- "The subject of this book derives from a western regional conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) held on 15-16 November 1991"--Pref.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Defining urban in educational studies / R. Murray Thomas -- Some trends and issues affecting education in the urban context / Nelly P. Stromquist -- Urban education and the culture of contentment : the politics, culture, and economics of inner-city schooling / Gerald Grace -- Safety net or safety valve : how choice is constructed in an urban dropout program / Deirdre M. Kelly -- Disparities in educational development in a fast-developing Chinese city : the case of Guangzhou / W.O. Lee and Li Zibiao -- Inequitable agricultural extension services in the urban context : the case of Tanzania / Malongo R.S. Mlozi -- Education and docility : the dilemmas of Singapore and the next lap / Roger Boshier -- Neighborhood associations and the fight for public schooling in Rio de Janeiro state / Nelly Moulin and Isabel Pereira -- The growth machine and the politics of urban educational reform : the case of Charlotte, North Carolina / Roslyn Mickelson, Carol Ray, Stephen Smith -- Rural students in urban settings in Africa : the experience of female students in secondary schools / N'Dri Assie-Lumumba -- The effects of war trauma on Central American immigrant children / Magaly Lavadenz -- Street children and their education : a challenge for urban educators / Adrian Blunt