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Cambridge University Press Culture and Mass Schooling: The Colonial Roots of Educational Inequality in Africa (Cambridge Studies in the Comparative Politics of Education)

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Education is central to politics, economic growth, and human well-being. Yet large gaps in levels of education persist across different groups, often for generations. Why? This book argues that culture – specifically, community norms about schooling – plays a central role in explaining the persistence of educational inequality across groups. Melina R. Platas uses the case of the Muslim-Christian education gap in Africa, where Muslims have on average three fewer years of education than Christians, to examine the origins and persistence of educational inequality. She documents the colonial origins of this gap and develops a cultural theory of its persistence, focusing on the case studies of Malawi, Nigeria and Uganda. Platas uses census and survey data from nearly 30 African countries, archival documents, interviews, focus groups, and coordination games to explore this ubiquitous yet underappreciated gap in educational attainment, and to measure divergent schooling norms across religious communities in Africa today.

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Brand: Cambridge University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1009640356
Category: Books > Subjects > Education Studies & Teaching > Education Management & Organisation > Strategies & Policy
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 22 January 2026
Listed Since: 21 August 2025

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