Documentos de las Conferencias de Educación, 1979-1986

Documentos de las Conferencias de Educación, 1979-1986
Author: International Bureau of Education
Publisher: UNESCO
Total Pages: 170
Release: 1988
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Composed of two sections, this catalog lists 925 documents prepared for and produced by the 37th through the 40th sessions of the International Conference on Education (1979, 1981, 1984, and 1986). Included are reference and information papers contributed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (Unesco) headquarters units and other institutions; final reports and recommendations to the Ministries of Education on themes from each of the Conferences; and reports on the development of the education systems of individual member states. In the first section, the national reports and replies to questionnaires are listed by country in alphabetical order by the English name of the country. In the second section, the Conference documents--i.e., the working papers and the final report for each session--are listed in chronological order of the session. Entries include the authoring country, conference year, agency or organization from which the document originated, individual author, document title, place of publication, publisher, date of publication, number of pages, questionnaire reference number, and English keyword indexing terms for computer storage and retrieval from the 1984 edition of the "UNESCO: International Bureau of Educaton Thesaurus." The table of contents and introduction appear in English, French, and Spanish; the titles of many of the documents are in the language of the country of origin. (SD)

The State, Bureaucracy, And The Cuban Schools

The State, Bureaucracy, And The Cuban Schools
Author: Sheryl L. Lutjens
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2019-05-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000306097

In the mid-1980s Cuba began a process of ‘rectificacion’—a reform process that has bucked the trends of economic and political liberalization that are reshaping the global order. Sustaining an official commitment to socialism in the face of economic crisis and international pressures, Cuba's survival seems puzzling indeed. Sheryl Lutjens uses the C

Handbook of Latin American Studies

Handbook of Latin American Studies
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 910
Release: 1985
Genre: Latin America
ISBN:

Contains records describing books, book chapters, articles, and conference papers published in the field of Latin American studies. Coverage includes relevant books as well as over 800 social science and 550 humanities journals and volumes of conference proceedings. Most records include abstracts with evaluations.