Anandita Bajpai

The Catholic Church as an Education Provider in Puerto Rico 1948-60

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From being a Spanish colony to being a semi-colony of
USA post 1898, the Puerto Rican case exemplifies a
brilliant story of transition in a country s
Education system. This book captures these
transformations in the insular education system
during 1948-60 vis-à-vis the crucial role
played by the Catholic Church. The parallel aims in
this book are-to analyze the education system in
Puerto Rico in light of its social, political and
economic status during 1948-60 to see the pivotal
role of the Catholic Church in the education system
and its self-redefinition post American suzerainty.
Moreover,to trace the simultaneous emergence of the
Catholic Church as a global player in the provision
of Development aid (great emphasis on education) in
support of the US administration programmes and
finally to critique this thrust on developing
Puerto Rico and analyze what went wrong? The book
deals simultaneously with the entangled themes of
education and development and would be of interest to
those researching on Puerto Rico. The author s
greater objective is to critique the mainstream views
on development and the school system from a Global
Historical perspective.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 124
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783639151800
• ISBN-10: 3639151801
• Artikelnr.: 26391041

Autorenporträt

ANANDITA BAJPAI is a PhD candidate at the University of
Leipzig, Germany. She holds an MA in Global Studies from the
Universities of Vienna and Leipzig. Her ongoing research focuses
on India s Emerging Role in a New World Order specifically in
three arenas of Global Governance-Climate Change, the UN Reform
Debate and Regional Security Issues.