{"product_id":"burning-ambition-education-arson-and-learning-justice-in-kenya-hardback-9780299337902","title":"Burning Ambition; Education, Arson, and Learning Justice in Kenya (Hardback) 9780299337902","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBurning Ambition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEducation, Arson, and Learning Justice in Kenya\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElizabeth Cooper (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780299337902\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 July 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages, 19 b\u0026amp;w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.3 x 1.8 cm, 0.211 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurning Ambition \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how young people learn to understand and influence the workings of power and justice in their society. Since 2008, hundreds of secondary schools across Kenya have been targeted with fire by their students. Through an in-depth study of Kenyan secondary students’ use of arson, Elizabeth Cooper asks why. With insightful ethnographic analysis, she shows that these young students deploy arson as moral punishment for perceived injustices and arson proves an effective tactic in their politics from below.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Drawing from years of research and a rich array of sources, Cooper accounts for how school fires stoke a national conversation about the limited means for ordinary Kenyans, and especially youth, to peacefully influence the governance of their own lives. Further, Cooper argues that Kenyan students’ actions challenge the existing complacency with the globalized agenda of “education for all,” demonstrating that submissive despondency is not the only possible response to the failed promises of education to transform material and social inequalities.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Rising Disappointment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 Kindling Contradictions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 Striking Students\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 Troubling Unrest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 Burning Schools\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 Striving for Success\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 Learning Experiences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Fighting Fire with Fire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 Arising from the Ashes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530904662296,"sku":"9780299337902","price":49.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/burning-ambition-education-arson-and-learning-justice-in-kenya-hardback-9780299337902","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}