Realist Methodology and the Articulation of Modes of Production (ص 410)

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Realist Methodology and the Articulation of Modes of Production (ص 410)
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of social and geographical mobility. (1) Indeed, much of the
literature points with a growing sense of national pride to
the achievements and economic transformation of a '"semi-
backward" peasant community into a "modern oriented"
community which is among that group of "nations" with the
highest per capita rates of higher education in the world.
(2)
While Palestinians should be proud of the educational
achievements of their dispossesed community, we should be
careful that the widespread visibility and focus on academic,
artistic and professionally educated Palestinians does not
blind us to the reality of high rates of illteracy among
pockets of the Palestinian community. Illiteracy is still a
pressing structural problem for a significant section of the
Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. As
such it presents a serious obstacle to social, political and
economic development.
I. USING OFFICIAL STATISTICS: ILLITERACY IN THE WEST BANK
There has been no large-scale government or national literacy
census in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since the Jordanian
census of 1961. Gaza was not included in this census since
during this period it was under the jurisdiction of the
Egyptian authorities. The Jordanian census described, at that
time, a total illiteracy rate of 67% for the governates of
Nablus, Jerusalem and Hebron, in which male and female
illiteracy rates were 47% and 84% respectively. These
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Alex Pollock

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