Schools for Conflict or for Peace in Afghanistan

Author
Dana Burde
ISBN
ISBN 978-0-231-16928-8
Collation
231p
Resource Language
English
Year of publication
2015
Keyword
Preventing violent extremismPeace educationEducational policy

The publication provides a systematic analysis of the relationship between education and conflict, tracing how different approaches have been applied in Afghanistan as the rationale for aid has shifted from a policy of benign neglect, to an effort to support war, to an effort to mitigate conflict. Using this history as a case study, the book explores how foreign intervention in education can contribute either to conflict or to peace..