Date of Award
Fall 2017
Document Type
Thesis
Terms of Use
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Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Educational Studies Department, Political Science Department
First Advisor
Lisa Smulyan
Second Advisor
Emily Paddon Rhoads
Abstract
Evaluating the implementation of human rights norms as broad as the right to education at the domestic level requires the use of supplemental analytical frameworks. In this project, I discuss the implementation of the core norm of the right to education as it manifests in the prescriptive norms guided by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Using the framework set forth by Betts and Orchard, I find that the current structural and ideational factors influencing access to primary education in South Africa are impacted by the country's historical legacy of racial inequality and the economic decisions of the post-apartheid government in the 1990s. I also draw attention to the methodological gaps ofthe current frameworks currently in use to evaluate norm implementation.
Recommended Citation
Zipp, Robert T. , '18, "Understanding the Right to Education in the Early 21st Century South African Context" (2017). Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards. 414.
https://works.swarthmore.edu/theses/414