Popular education and the 'party line'

Title
Popular education and the 'party line'
Publication Date
2013
Author(s)
Boughton, Robert G
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7724-7162
Email: rboughto@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:rboughto
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1080/14767724.2013.782189
UNE publication id
une:13178
Abstract
Popular education, by which is meant adult education within and in support of radical social movements, has become a major topic in academic adult education in recent times. This paper criticises the lack of attention paid in most of this writing to the history, theory and practice of revolutionary parties in the communist and socialist tradition. Through an exploration of the concept of the 'party line', it is argued that this neglect has led to a one-sided view of the relationship between education and action, a view which must be overcome for popular education to become an effective force for socialist transformation.
Link
Citation
Globalisation, Societies and Education, 11(2), p. 239-257
ISSN
1476-7732
1476-7724
Start page
239
End page
257

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