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Ricordo del leader laburista maltese, che diresse a lungo il suo paese con una coraggiosa politica di non sudditanza verso le potenze dell'Occidente capitalistico. Il realismo sposato con la volontà di non perdere mai le ragioni del suo essere laburista. ; N/A

This article focuses on the recently deceased Maltese socialist leader Dom Mintoff (19162012) and his introduction of a scheme that was intended to change higher education and develop it ostensibly on socialist lines but, in effect, in a manner intended to facilitate the country's transition from mercantile capitalism to that of productive industrial development. The scheme he introduced, with its immediate socialist echoes but which warrants more careful scrutiny to unveil both its contradictions and real economic purpose, was the Worker-Student scheme, arguably Mintoff's original, albeit much decried and controversial, contribution to higher education thinking. In this paper, I will take a look at the main issues surrounding the concept of the worker student scheme and the way they were put into practice during the scheme's almost ten year period of existence (19781987). I shall analyse them in the context of the Malta Labour Party's then professed socialist politics. What are the contradictions and consistencies regarding what have come to be regarded as key concepts in a socialist politics of education? Resumen Este artículo se centra en el recientemente fallecido dirigente socialista maltés Dom Mintoff (19162012) y su introducción de un esquema que pretende cambiar la educación superior y desarrollarlo ostensiblemente en líneas socialistas pero, de manera que se facilite la transición del país desde un capitalismo mercantil a un desarrollo industrial productivo. El esquema que presentó, con sus inmediatos ecos socialistas pero que garantizaba un mayor cuidado en el escrutinio para desvelar tanto sus contradicciones como el propósito económico real, fue el esquema de trabajadorestudiante, posiblemente original de Mintoff, aunque muy denunciado y controvertido, contribución al pensamiento de la educación superior. En este trabajo, me centraré en las principales cuestiones que rodean el concepto del sistema trabajadorestudiante y la forma en que fueron puestas en práctica durante casi diez años de existencia del esquema(19781987). Voy a analizarlas en el contexto del Partido Laborista de Malta, el cual profesaría política socialista. ¿Cuáles son las contradicciones y consistencias con respecto a lo que han llegado a considerarse como conceptos clave en una política socialista de la educación? ; peer-reviewed

This article focuses on the recently deceased Maltese socialist leader Dom Mintoff (1916-2012) and his introduction of a scheme that was intended to change higher education and develop it ostensibly on socialist lines but, in effect, in a manner intended to facilitate the country's transition from mercantile capitalism to that of productive industrial development. The scheme he introduced, with its immediate socialist echoes but which warrants more careful scrutiny to unveil both its contradictions and real economic purpose, was the Worker-Student scheme, arguably Mintoff's original, albeit much decried and controversial, contribution to higher education thinking. In this paper, I will take a look at the main issues surrounding the concept of the worker-student scheme and the way they were put into practice during the scheme's almost ten year period of existence (1978-1987). I shall analyse them in the context of the Malta Labour Party's then professed socialist politics. What are the contradictions and consistencies regarding what have come to be regarded as key concepts in a socialist politics of education?

This article focuses on the recently deceased Maltese socialist leader Dom Mintoff (1916-2012) and his introduction of a scheme that was intended to change higher education and develop it ostensibly on socialist lines but, in effect, in a manner intended to facilitate the country's transition from mercantile capitalism to that of productive industrial development. The scheme he introduced, with its immediate socialist echoes but which warrants more careful scrutiny to unveil both its contradictions and real economic purpose, was the Worker-Student scheme, arguably Mintoff's original, albeit much decried and controversial, contribution to higher education thinking. In this paper, I will take a look at the main issues surrounding the concept of the worker-student scheme and the way they were put into practice during the scheme's almost ten year period of existence (1978-1987). I shall analyse them in the context of the Malta Labour Party's then professed socialist politics. What are the contradictions and consistencies regarding what have come to be regarded as key concepts in a socialist politics of education?

The political contest in Malta at the end of empire involved not merely the British colonial authorities and emerging nationalists, but also the powerful Catholic Church. Under Archbishop Gonzi's leadership, the Church took an overtly political stance over the leading issues of the day including integration with the United Kingdom, the declaration of an emergency in 1958, and Malta's progress towards independence. Invariably, Gonzi and the Church found themselves at loggerheads with the Dom Mintoff and his Malta Labour Party. Despite his uncompromising image, Gonzi in fact demonstrated a flexible turn of mind, not least on the central issue of Maltese independence. Rather than seeking to stand in the way of Malta's move towards constitutional separation from Britain, the Archbishop set about co-operating with the Nationalist Party of Giorgio Borg Olivier in the interests of securing the position of the Church within an independent Malta. For their part, the British came to accept by the early 1960s the desirability of Maltese self-determination and did not try to use the Church to impede progress towards independence. In the short-term, Gonzi succeeded in protecting the Church during the period of decolonization, but in the longer-term the papacy's softening of its line on socialism, coupled with the return to power of Mintoff in 1971, saw a sharp decline in the fortunes of the Church and Archbishop Gonzi.