Educating Street Children: Some Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Publication Date
January 1996
Abstract
This paper analyzes various institutional responses to homelessness among children and youth as a means of better understanding the workings of the neo-liberal state, both in the developing and the developed world. This is a fruitful exercise because the culture of the street is unique and is difficult to reconcile with the predominant values of state-sponsored institutions. In making this argument, the American and Brazilian cases are specifically discussed, as they are seen as representative of neo-liberalism in the developed and developing world. Although each case includes significant differences, a major contradiction of neo-liberalism, with particular reference to its promotion of symbolic political and social inclusivity, while simultaneously relying upon coercive and exclusionary institutional practice, is highlighted.
Disciplines
Education
Recommended Citation
Epstein, Irving, "Educating Street Children: Some Cross-Cultural Perspectives" (1996). Scholarly Publications. 12.
https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/education_scholarship/12