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Preserving Order Amid Chaos: The Survival of Schools in Uganda, 1971-1986

Preserving Order Amid Chaos: The Survival of Schools in Uganda, 1971-1986

Paige, John Rhodes

Hardcover

General EducationGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 157181213X
ISBN13: 9781571812131
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Nov 1 2000
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.56 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

To say that education in Africa is under stress is all to obvious. News reports from that continent seem to describe only war and violence, poverty and malnutrition, corruption and mismanagement, or natural disasters that destroy or threaten already frail infrastructures - most news from Africa is bad news. When an education system survives in a country like Uganda, long subjected to the whims of despotic leadership, it warrants an investigation. This book tells the story of four senior secondary schools during a time of war and intractable social conflict, examining a complex topic through multiple perspectives such as documentary history, oral history, ethnography, and organization theory. The author develops a broad picture of the Amin/Obote years and the accompanying political and social chaos in Uganda, while at the same time filling in the crucial details essential for developing an understanding of school survival in the Kaborole District.

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