Labouring to learn : towards a political economy of plantations, people and education in Sri Lanka
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Labouring to learn : towards a political economy of plantations, people and education in Sri Lanka
（International political economy series）
Macmillan Press , St. Martin's Press, c1999
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Bibliography: p. 299-307
Includes index
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Description
Sri Lanka is hailed internationally for its high standards of education despite rather modest levels of economic growth. Historically, much of this achievement was underpinned by economic revenues generated by the labours of the plantation community whose own achievements in education fell well below the national norm. In recent years, however, educational participation among this community has increased, Why and How? A day in the life of Vickneswari, the daughter of labourers in a tea plantation, provides the starting point for an analysis of educational progress among the plantation Tamil plantation community of Sri Lanka. The analysis is embedded within historical, political, social and economic relations which stretch beyond the confines of the plantation in which Vickneswari live - within a plural society, in which the political interests of estate people have gradually become more central to the mainstream politics of Sri Lanka and within a national and global economy in which plantation production has become less central and less profitable over time.
Table of Contents
List of Tables List of Figures List of Boxes Acknowledgements List of Acronyms Glossary of Terms Preface Map of Sri Lanka Vickneswari: a Developing Child in a Changing Society Plantation Profits, People and Politics The Development of a National Education System The Origins and Development of Education in Plantations Contemporary Educational Progress in Plantations: Views and Voices from the Ground Structural Change in Mainstream and Plantation Education Economic Growth, Political Crisis and Opportunity Locating the Forces for Educational Progress in Plantations in Time and Space Bibliography Index
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