Intercultural public policies: education and management in scenarios of social conflict

Intercultural Public Policies: Education and Management in Scenarios of Social Conflict, a rigorous investigation by Gustavo Milla Canales, offers an exhaustive descriptive and qualitative case study on the impact of the sociopolitical crisis that occurred between late 2022 and 2023 on the continuity and quality of education in the lakeside environment of the Uros Islands in Puno, Peru. The author skillfully interweaves conflict theory and Paulo Freire's critical pedagogy to highlight how the lack of emergency methodologies, geographic isolation, transportation disruptions, and a profound digital divide undermine the fundamental right to a quality education for historically marginalized rural and indigenous populations. Through meticulous fieldwork that gathers the perceptions of key actors and proposes a tree of strategic solutions, this book positions itself as an indispensable theoretical and practical contribution to the redesign of cross-cutting public policies that promote governance, institutional resilience and the preservation of cultural identity and interculturality in the face of the disruptions of the 21st century.