Education is widely recognized as a fundamental human right, yet the
nature of the right remains unclear. Is it an entitlement to go to
school, to acquire particular forms of knowledge or develop particular
skills or attributes? And why exactly is education so important that
we might defend all people's right to it? This book provides a
much-needed exploration of this key contemporary issue. Highlighting
limitations in the approaches of both the Education for All initiative
and existing international law, the book presents a radical new vision
of how the right can be understood. As well as basic education, there
are discussions of higher and lifelong education, of human rights
education, and of the intersection of rights-based approaches with
others such Amartya Sen's 'capabilities'. The work serves as a
stirring defense of the universal right to education against
instrumental conceptions of learning, the inactivity of national
governments and the abrogation of responsibility of the international
community.
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ISBN
9781441150592
Publisert
2015
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Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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