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Globalization and the Rise of Women’s Literacy and Primary Education in Iran, from 1880 to the Present Day

In: Globalization and the Rise of Mass Education

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  • David Mitch

    (University of Maryland)

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Iran is a striking example of a country experiencing a shift from widespread illiteracy to the onset of universal literacy in just a few decades. What is especially remarkable about the Iranian case is the persistent drive to universal female literacy, even in rural areas, during the regime change from a secularizing autocracy to an Islamic theocracy. The basic resolution of this apparent paradox is that the Islamic Revolution was perceived by its leaders as a true revolution. It was conceived not as a return to a traditional society but as a move to purify and establish Islamic morality to counteract secular, westernizing forces in Iranian society: Education was a policy lever to achieve such goals.

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  • David Mitch, 2019. "Globalization and the Rise of Women’s Literacy and Primary Education in Iran, from 1880 to the Present Day," Palgrave Studies in Economic History, in: David Mitch & Gabriele Cappelli (ed.), Globalization and the Rise of Mass Education, chapter 0, pages 311-334, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palscp:978-3-030-25417-9_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25417-9_11
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