TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rassool,Naz
TI  - Literacy for sustainable development in the age of information
T2  - The language and education library
SN  - 1853594334
AV  - LC149. R37 1999
U1  - 302.2244 
PY  - 1999///]
CY  - Clevedon [England], Philadelphia
PB  - Multilingual Matters
KW  - Literacy
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Sociolinguistics
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Functional literacy
KW  - Sustainable development
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-258) and index; Acknowledgements --; Foreword --; Introduction: What is Literacy? --; Pt. 1; Theoretical Frameworks --; 1; Literacy: In Search of a Paradigm --; Pt. 2; Literacy and Development Issues --; 2; Literacy and the Nation-State --; 3; Literacy and Social Development --; 4; The Role of Mass Literacy Campaigns in Social Development: Some Lessons from the Past --; Pt. 3; Globalisation: The Implications of Technological Development, Social and Cultural Change for Concepts and Definitions of Literacy --; 5; Technological and Cultural Transformations --; 6; Changing Definitions of 'Text' within the Information Society --; 7; Conceptualising Literacy, Knowledge and Power in the Information Society --; 8; Towards a 'Communicative Competence' for Democratic Participation in the Information Society --; Bibliography --; Index
ER  -