Winner of the Comparative and International Education Society’s
Globalization and Education SIG Book Award Cambodia for Sale: Everyday
Privatization in Education and Beyond details a post-conflict society
that socializes children into a world of private rather than public
goods. Despite the government's best efforts since the 1990s to
re-constitute a functioning system of public services, life remains
organized around buying and selling virtually everything, from
humanitarian aid to schooling and from religious good deeds to
irrigation. Through an ethnography of one village, Cambodia for Sale
argues that efforts to rebuild Cambodia after decades of conflict have
resulted in various forms of everyday privatization. Although this is
most notable in the education system, these practices of privatization
can be found in multiple institutions that constitute social life,
from the Buddhist pagoda to local government. The various efforts of
international development are as much at fault for this reality as are
the legacies of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. This argument
unfolds through the life stories of six residents of the Preah Go
village, who collectively depict everyday life through overlapping
village institutions, systems, and histories. This is an insightful
and valuable reference for scholars interested in educational
development, Southeast Asian studies, and comparative education.
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Everyday Privatization in Education and Beyond
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ISBN
9781000359077
Publisert
2020
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Taylor & Francis
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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