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020 _a9780198098874
082 _a379.54 PRI
100 _aPriyam,Manisha
245 _aContested Politics of Educational Reforms in India
260 _aNew Delhi
_bOxford University Press
_c2015
300 _axxii,309
520 _a Analysing the role of politics in the process of social sector policy reforms in the context of developing countries, this text provides a unique analysis of why Indian states are at varying levels of human development despite two decades of federally sponsored policy reforms in education. Substantiating her arguments with statistics, the author gives a local view of how reforms unfold on the ground, close to the lives of poor people for whom this change is meant.
650 _aEducation and state -- India. Education and state -- India -- Bihar. Education and state -- India -- Andhra Pradesh. Educational change -- India. Educational change -- India -- Bihar. Educational change -- India -- Andhra Pradesh. Education and state. Educational change. India. India -- Andhra Pradesh. India -- Bihar.
942 _cBK