Rassool, Naz,  1949- <br/><br/>
Literacy for sustainable development in the age of information / 
Naz Rassool. 
 - xvi, 264 pages ;  21 cm. 
 - The language and education library ;  14. .
 - Language and education library ;  14. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-258) and index. 
<br/><br/> Acknowledgements --  Foreword --  Introduction: What is Literacy? --  Theoretical Frameworks --  Literacy: In Search of a Paradigm --  Literacy and Development Issues --  Literacy and the Nation-State --  Literacy and Social Development --  The Role of Mass Literacy Campaigns in Social Development: Some Lessons from the Past --  Globalisation: The Implications of Technological Development, Social and Cultural Change for Concepts and Definitions of Literacy --  Technological and Cultural Transformations --  Changing Definitions of 'Text' within the Information Society --  Conceptualising Literacy, Knowledge and Power in the Information Society --  Towards a 'Communicative Competence' for Democratic Participation in the Information Society --  Bibliography --  Index.  Pt. 1.  1.  Pt. 2.  2.  3.  4.  Pt. 3.  5.  6.  7.  8. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1853594334 9781853594335 1853594326 9781853594328 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>98044259 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Literacy--Social aspects<br/>Sociolinguistics.<br/>Information technology--Social aspects.<br/>Functional literacy<br/>Sustainable development.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LC149.  / R37 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302.2244