Policy-making and education reform in the development of Latin American social democracy : the role of the left in Brazil and Chile

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Policy-making and education reform in the development of Latin American social democracy : the role of the left in Brazil and Chile

Guy Burton ; with a foreword by Francisco Panizza

Edwin Mellen Press, c2011

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-399) and index

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What is social democracy in Latin America and what has been its impact on public policy? This work uses case studies to examine the approaches of three Latin American governments to educational policy.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Latin American Social Democracy: Third Way and Participatory Lefts in Brazil and Chile
  • 2. Engineering Elites Accounting for the Nature of Governmental Policymaking in Education in Brazil and Chile
  • 3. Finding the Right Balance The Role of the State and Social Democratic Governments
  • 4. The Purpose of Education Social Democratic Objectives and Curricular Reform
  • 5. Spending More? Public Expenditure on Education and Social Democratic Governments
  • 6. Making Us All Managers? The Use Of Assessment and Evaluation by Social Democratic Governments
  • 7. No Participation Without Representation Social Democratic Governments and Participation in the Education Sector
  • 8. A Compromised Solution: Private Interests and Social Democratic Governments
  • 9. Lobbying from the Left Teachers and Social Democratic Governments
  • 10. An Unequal Partnership Students and Social Democratic Governments.

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