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Publication Date: 2013-May
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"Until We Get up Again to Fight": Education Rights and Participation in South Africa
Thapliyal, Nisha; Vally, Salim; Spreen, Carol Anne
Comparative Education Review, v57 n2 p212-231 May 2013
This article reflects on the possibilities for democratic and direct participation that have emerged through socially engaged research on education rights in South Africa. The Education Rights Project is located in a university-based research and advocacy center for education rights and social justice that has been working with township communities to monitor the implementation of right to education legislation. In this article we examine the ways in which rights-based participatory research combined with citizen struggle and community mobilization can contribute to new understandings of rights-based education policy, citizen participation, and democracy.
Descriptors: Social Justice, Participatory Research, Citizen Participation, Foreign Countries, Democracy, Student Rights, Access to Education, Educational Legislation
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa
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