The Role of Education in Enabling the Sustainable Development Agenda (Routledge Studies in Development and Society)

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Synopsis
The Role of Education in Enabling the Sustainable Development Agenda explores the relationship between education and other key sectors of development in the context of the new global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda. While it is widely understood that there is a positive relationship between education and other dimensions of development, and populations around the world show a clear desire for more and better education, education remains an under-financed and under-prioritised sector within development. When education does make it onto the agenda, investment is usually diverted towards increasing access to formal schooling, without focusing on the intrinsic value of education as a tool for development within the international development community more broadly. The authors explore these tensions through a review of literature from a range of disciplines, providing a clearer picture of the relationship between education and other development sectors. The book challenges silo-thinking in the SDGs by exploring how achieving the SDG education targets can be expected to support or hinder progress towards other targets, and vice-versa. Drawing on examples from both low and high income countries, the book demonstrates how ‘good’ education functions as an ‘enabling right’, impacting positively on many other areas. The book’s scope ranges across education and development studies, economics, geography, sociology and environmental studies, and will be of interest to any researchers and students with an interest in education and the SDGs.
Copyright:
2018

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
192 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781351390873
Related ISBNs:
9780367820978, 9781315142708, 9781138307957
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Stephanie E. L. Bengtsson, Bilal Barakat, Raya Muttarak
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Education, Social Studies, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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