Preserving Order Amid Chaos

The Survival of Schools in Uganda, 1971-1986

John Rhodes Paige (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

244 Seiten

2000
Berghahn Books, Incorporated (Verlag)
978-1-57181-213-1 (ISBN)

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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.

The author's intensive field work gives this study a unique dimension: by preserving a record of African voices - students, teachers, parents, alumni, board members, community leaders - a rich tableau of theh local conditions for school survival emerges. At the same time the discussion is situated within the larger Ugandan historical and political context, thus offering an excellent example of the application of multiple research perspectives to a complex social, cultural and political setting.

John Rhodes Paige is Assistant Professor of Education at St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas, and Research Associate at the Makerere Institute of Social Research, Uganda.

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Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Maps

Introduction: An Overview of the Study

Chapter 1. A Socio-historical View: The Context of Ugandan Education

Chapter 2. A View from the Past: Traditions of Ugandan Education

Chapter 3. The Story: A National View

Chapter 4. The Story: A View from the Ground in Kabarole

Chapter 5. The Story: Viewing Initiatives and Internalities in Kabarole

Chapter 6. Discussion: The View of an Outsider

Chapter 7. Discussion: A View toward the Future

Appendix I: A Viewing Lens—the Study Methodology

Appendix II: Calendar of Important Events in Uganda’s Educational History

Glossary

References

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.12.2000
Zusatzinfo	Bibliography; Index
Verlagsort	Herndon
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	399 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-57181-213-X / 157181213X
ISBN-13	978-1-57181-213-1 / 9781571812131
Zustand	Neuware