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ERIC Number: EJ536499
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0068
A Subnational Perspective for Comparative Research: Education and Development in Northeast Brazil and Northeast Thailand.
Fry, Gerald; Kempner, Ken
Comparative Education, v32 n3 p333-60 Nov 1996
Case studies of northeast Brazil and northeast Thailand highlight the importance of a subnational approach to comparative research. Compares geographic and economic conditions, regional culture, ethnicity and gender issues, migration patterns, religion, literacy, and educational underdevelopment. Points out that neglect of a region and its people may be endemic to a country's internal colonialism. Contains 65 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, Disadvantaged, Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Poverty Areas, Regional Characteristics, Social Science Research
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Brazil (Northeast); Marginality; Thailand (Northeast)