Education and the risk of violent conflict in low-income and weak states, with special reference to schooling: the case of Sierra Leone

Thesis

Broadly, the study examines the argument that education potentially contributes to violent conflict or, on the contrary, acts as a mediating factor in the reconstruction of divided or fragmented societies; indeed, as a driver for peace and unity. It looks at the case of Sierra Leone, a country emerging from a decade-long civil war (1991–2002).

There are four aims to the study:

• (1) To examine, by drawing on a number of disciplines, the theoretical explanations of what pu...

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Authors: Matsumoto, M

• Publication date: 2012
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: education in Sierra Leone; education and conflict; contemporary conflict
• Subjects: Comparative and international education