Substituting for families ? Schools and social reproduction in AIDS-affected Lesotho

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)



Description :
The AIDS pandemic is transforming family life for many children and prompting concerns about the potential breakdown of social reproduction. In light of this pandemic, ways have been subjected in which schools could further substitute for the diminishing capacities of families. Such initiative remain small in scale and often justified in relation to retaining children in school. There is a need for the education sector ‘role to be understood in relation to an ethics of care, rather than the functionalist production of a future workforce.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Antipode, issn : 0066-4812, 2008, vol. 40, n°. 5, p. 802-824, nombre de pages : 23, Références bibliographiques : 3 p.

Date :
2008

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Oxford, Blackwell