Disentangling Chile's authoritarian neoliberalism and its effects

The downfall of public higher education and its implications for equitable access

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12905899
AutoresViviana O Pitton (0000-0001-5934-8405, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, autor correspondente)
Ano2007
Volume48
Fascículo2
Páginas249-267
Data de publicação2007-08-22
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCritical Studies in Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1750-8487 • E-ISSN: 1750-8495
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17508480701494267
OpenAlexW2018643832
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas15
Referências citadas31

In recent decades, neoliberal reforms have spread across Latin America. Despite different accounts showing the adverse social impact of these reforms, what seems lacking are historical analyses of why and how neoliberal policies occurred in this region. For instance, there are only rare accounts of how dictatorships in the 1970s prepared the terrain for neoliberal reforms. A key instance of this regional process is presented in the dictatorship that ruled Chile from 1973–1990. Theoretically based on political ideas of human dignity and individual freedom, the pragmatics of Chilean neoliberalism were very repressive. This paper will address this tension and the impact of market‐driven policies on the public arena, particularly in higher education. Keywords: ChileEducational accessHigher educationNeoliberalismReform

Authoritarianism · Democracy · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Social and Political Issues