ERIC Number: EJ419193
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Publication Date: 1989
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Who Benefits from Illiteracy? Literacy and Empowerment.
Kassam, Yusuf
Prospects, v19 n4 p531-35 1989
Asks who benefits from illiteracy to reveal the political implications of literacy's empowering potential. Observes literacy's ultimate capacity to overturn power structures and redistribute wealth and resources at international, national, and local levels. Relates the literacy problem to colonialism and its legacy. Offers examples of literacy campaigns that accompanied political revolutions. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Colonialism, Cross Cultural Studies, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational History, Empowerment, Illiteracy, International Relations, Literacy, Political Influences, Politics of Education, Resource Allocation, Revolution, Self Determination
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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