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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824843103321

Autore

Burde Dana

Titolo

Schools for conflict or for peace in Afghanistan / / Dana Burde

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Chichester, England : , : Columbia University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-231-53751-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Disciplina

370.9581

Soggetti

Education - Afghanistan

Schools - Afghanistan

Education and state - Afghanistan

Nation-building - Afghanistan

Economic assistance, American - Afghanistan

Humanitarian assistance, American - Afghanistan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Time Line. Education in Modern Afghan History -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Humanitarian Action and the Neglect of Education -- 3. Jihad Literacy -- 4. Education for Stability -- 5. Education for the World -- 6. Conclusion. Education as Hope -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Foreign-backed funding for education does not always stabilize a country and enhance its state building efforts. Dana Burde shows how aid to education in Afghanistan bolstered conflict both deliberately in the 1980's through violence-infused, anti-Soviet curricula and inadvertently in the 2000's through misguided stabilization programs. She also reveals how dominant humanitarian models that determine what counts as appropriate aid have limited attention and resources toward education, in some cases fueling programs that undermine their goals. For education to promote peace in Afghanistan, Burde argues we must expand equal access to quality community-based education and support programs that increase girls' and boys' attendance at school. Referring to a recent U.S. effort that has produced strong results in these areas, Burde commends the program's efficient administration



and good quality, and its neutral curriculum, which can reduce conflict and build peace in lasting ways. Drawing on up-to-date research on humanitarian education work amid conflict zones around the world and incorporating insights gleaned from extensive fieldwork in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Burde recalculates and improves a popular formula for peace.