World Literacy: How Countries Rank and Why It Matters

By John W. Miller and Michael C. McKenna

Book Overview

Summarizing the findings of international literacy assessments, this book examines literate behavior worldwide, in terms of both the ability of populations from a wide variety of nations to read and the practice of literate behavior in those nations. Literacy, and in particular the practice of literate behaviors, is used as a lens through which to view countries' economic development, gender equality, resource utilization, and ethnic discrimination.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138909564
• ISBN13: 9781138909564
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"