Open AccessEducation, equality and difference
Author(s) -
Penny Enslin
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
koers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.166
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2304-8557
pISSN - 0023-270X
DOI - 10.4102/koers.v59i2.669
Subject(s) - decentralization , politics , significant difference , sociology , political science , mathematics , law , statistics
Does the pursuit of equality in post-apartheid education require the removal of difference? This article examines the concepts of difference and equality by exploring two contemporary texts in political philosophy. It is argued that the pursuit of equality can and should, under certain circumstances, accommodate difference in the form of decentralisation and private schools