Reaching boiling point : high school activism in Afghanistan / Antonio Giustozzi and Ali Mohmmad Ali ; editing Victoria Grace.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: (Issues paper)Publication details: Kabul, Afghanistan : Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), ©2015.Description: vii, 50 pages ; 28 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • Pamphlet LA1081. G587 2015
Contents:
Contents: Executive summary—1. Introduction—2. Methodology—3. The ministry of education’s approach to politics in the classroom—4. The political system reproducing itself : establishment party activists—5. Challengers from within the system—6. Challenges to the system : radical opposition activists—7. Are high schools students radicalizing?—8. Conclusion—9. Appendix.
Summary: Summary: “Political activities are banned in Afghanistan’s high schools. Nevertheless, the ban has had a limited impact, and political activists are still very active according to the findings of an AREU survey that accompanies this study. Interviews with student activists and teachers are the main source Afghanistan’s high schools and the political views of their activists”—(page 1).
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“October 2015”.
“Funding for this research was provided by the embassy of Finland”—title page.
“13 years research ; research for better Afghanistan”—cover page.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Executive summary—1. Introduction—2. Methodology—3. The ministry of education’s approach to politics in the classroom—4. The political system reproducing itself : establishment party activists—5. Challengers from within the system—6. Challenges to the system : radical opposition activists—7. Are high schools students radicalizing?—8. Conclusion—9. Appendix.

Summary: “Political activities are banned in Afghanistan’s high schools. Nevertheless, the ban has had a limited impact, and political activists are still very active according to the findings of an AREU survey that accompanies this study. Interviews with student activists and teachers are the main source Afghanistan’s high schools and the political views of their activists”—(page 1).

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