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| Human rights and education for development |
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| Written by José Manuel Touriñán López | |
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In the developed countries it has been established a clear distinction
between rights and liberties. In the welfare state there is a permanent
focus to human rights. Thinking things over the human rights head the
social dimension of the human being. Fifty years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights we are ready to ask for a new discipline in education such as "Education for development". This proposal could be studied in two different and complementary ways: a) The relationship between the right to education and information society. b) The need of "education for development" as a social right in the general process of social democratization and administrative decentralization in modern society. José Manuel Touriñán López Key words: Decentralization, Globalization, Human rights, Education for development, Information society, Democratization. Cincuenta años después de la Declaración Universal de los derechos del hombre, estamos preparados para pedir una nueva asignatura en educación: La Educación para el Desarrollo. Esta propuesta puede ser analizada y fundamentada de dos maneras diferentes y complementarias:
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