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Education and the “New” Inequality in Papua New Guinea
Author(s) -
Peggy A. Johnson
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.1993.24.3.05x0967e
Subject(s) - disadvantaged , socioeconomic status , politics , modernization theory , inequality , new guinea , sociology , census , economic growth , social stratification , development economics , geography , gender studies , political science , social science , ethnology , economics , population , demography , mathematical analysis , mathematics , law
This article argues that studies of growing socioeconomic stratification in Papua New Guinea have ignored or dismissed gender as a source of inequality. The article focuses on educational opportunity as the key to wealth and political power and shows that the most educationally disadvantaged group in Papua New Guinea is rural women. Data from national censuses, the author's field work, and literature concerning stratification are used to support the argument.