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About the Author
Salim Vally and Enver Motala are two of South Africa's most outspoken critics of the `there is no alternative' view to the hegemonic neo liberal approach to economic development and the place of education within it. In this text they, and a number of eminent colleagues, provide one of the few elaborations in the country of what is wrong with human capital theory, with supply side approaches framing economic policy and with current education strategies which privilege individual advancement.
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Education, Economy and Society "makes an impressive critique of conventional wisdom - that the promise of job creation, addressed through the greater supply of skills, can resolve the most intractable of social problems. The book argues persuasively that
Book Information
ISBN 9781868887583
Author Salim Vally
Format Paperback
Page Count 292
Imprint Unisa Press
Publisher Unisa Press
Weight(grams) 625g