The Politics of Access [[electronic resource] ] : university education and nation-building in Nigeria, 1948-2000 / / Ogechi Emmanuel Anyanwu

• Autore: Anyanwu Ogechi Emmanuel
• Pubblicazione: Calgary, : University of Calgary Press, 2011; Alberta, Canada : , : University of Calgary Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (317 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 378.6690904
• Soggetto topico: Education, Higher - History - 20th century - Nigeria; Higher education and state - Political aspects - Nigeria; Education, Higher - Nigeria; Nation-building - Nigeria; Economic development - Nigeria
• Soggetto geografico: Nigeria University 1948-2000
• Persona (resp. second.): AnyanwuOgechi E
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The politics of colonial education --Towards educational reform: the Cold War, decolonization, and the Carnegie Corporation, 1952-60 --The Ashby Commission, regionalism, and university education in the 1960's --Centralization of universities and national integration, 1970-79: the legacy of the Nigerian civil war --The second republic and the burden of expansion,1979–83: free education, science and technology, and quota system --Rationalization Policy: the IMF/World Bank and structural adjustment program, 1984–90 --Crisis of nationhood: funding issues, socio-political Instability, and private university education, 1990–2000.
• Sommario/riassunto: Through analysis of exceptionally rich data obtained from the Carnegie Corporation in New York, and from Nigeria’s national archives, author Ogechi Anyanwu demonstrates how the pursuit of mass university education not only decolonized the elitist British education system but also ultimately reshaped modern Nigeria. More importantly, he argues that the impact of these policies cannot be fully understood without looking closely at the intersection of domestic and external politics dictating the direction of higher education development as a vehicle for nation-building in Nigeria’s pluralistic society.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Politics of Access
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910141816803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Africa: missing voices series