Freer’ Forms of Organization and Financing and the Effects of Inequality in Latin American Educational Systems
Two countries in comparison
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11919236 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Helena Munín (Technische Universität Berlin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 229-243 |
| Publication date | 1998-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7925 • E-ISSN: 1469-3623 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0305792980280302 |
| OpenAlex | W2043721562 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
The introduction of ‘freer’ forms of organization and financing into the Latin American educational systems about 20 years ago parallels similar developments in the contexts of neo‐liberal policies in the USA, Great Britain and, more recently, in Eastern Europe. This article will highlight the effects of ‘school autonomy’, decentralization, and privatization in the Latin American educational systems. In so doing, I will focus on the analysis of educational policy development in Chile and Argentina, based in part on my own research results. The results demonstrate that ‘freer’ forms of organization and financing have not proven to be positive for the progressive distribution of education, democratization and the consideration of diversity—and also not for the (difficult to measure) categories of ‘quality’ and ‘efficiency’ of education. These findings contribute to question whether the neo‐liberal forms of organization and financing of educational systems in Latin America are important factors in the realization of these goals
Autonomy · Decentralization · Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Distribution (mathematics · Economic growth · Economics · Inequality · Latin Americans · Parallels · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
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| Citation span | 2001 - 2022 (22) |
| Highly cited | No |