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100 _aFaust, David
245 _aPolitics of development in postcolonial India: English-medium education and social fracturing
260 _c2001
300 _ap.2878-883
362 _a28 Jul
520 _aWhile education in English has been advocated as a unifying and modernising force, it is also seen as a marker of imperialism and class privilege and a terrain of struggle among elite groups. Ruptures in such a class-divided educational system in turn shape specific debates over development, democracy and social change. Uneven empowerment that an education in English generates also has its fallout in an increasing polarisation, fracturing and violence against caste, gender and religious lines. - Reproduced
650 _aEducation - India
650 _aEducation
700 _aNagar, Richa
773 _aEconomic and Political Weekly
909 _a49340
999 _c49340
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