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The State and Education in Latin America
Fault Lines, Foundations, and Alternatives
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This book departs from the position that research on education reform in Latin America does not go far enough when it comes to considering the origins and limitations that are at the heart of the State itself. While it is valuable to portray contemporary political processes, it is just as important to make visible the characteristics and limits of the underlying (State) foundation(s) through which and upon which reforms are introduced. In doing so, this book not only helps to shed light on the reasons for policy success or failure but also facilitates analysis that pairs historical considerations on the nature and development of the State together with current findings related to the effects of (political-economic) globalizationâall while being attentive to the way that these historical and contemporary forces affect, operate through or are contested by education.
Contributors are: Felicitas Acosta, Maria Balarin, Naomi Caywood, Alejandro Caravaca, Daniel Corredor-Llorente, Claudia DÃaz-RÃos, Victoria Desimoni, Kevin Donley, D. Brent Edwards Jr., Tomás Esper, Germán Flores, Vanessa Ghersi Cordano, Patricia Grillet, tavis d. jules, Julio Lojano, Magdalena Madany-Saá, Iván Matovich, Mauro C. Moschetti, Siobhan Ng, Juan David Parra, Tobias Roberts and Rebecca Tarlau.
Contributors are: Felicitas Acosta, Maria Balarin, Naomi Caywood, Alejandro Caravaca, Daniel Corredor-Llorente, Claudia DÃaz-RÃos, Victoria Desimoni, Kevin Donley, D. Brent Edwards Jr., Tomás Esper, Germán Flores, Vanessa Ghersi Cordano, Patricia Grillet, tavis d. jules, Julio Lojano, Magdalena Madany-Saá, Iván Matovich, Mauro C. Moschetti, Siobhan Ng, Juan David Parra, Tobias Roberts and Rebecca Tarlau.
D. Brent Edwards Jr. is Chair and Professor of the Department of Educational Foundations at the University of Hawaii. He specializes in education policy and the global governance of education. He recently co-edited Education and Development in Central America and the Latin Caribbean (Bristol University Press, 2024).
Mauro C. Moschetti is an Associate Professor (Serra Húnter Fellow) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and Senior Researcher in the Globalization, Education and Social Policies (GEPS) research group. His work explores education privatization, global governance, and policy reform. He recently co-edited Education and Development in Central America and the Latin Caribbean (Bristol University Press, 2024).
Claudia M. DÃaz-RÃos is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. She researches global education policy, governance, and crisis responses, focusing on Latin America. In 2024, Claudia published a book titled Translating Global Ideas: How Policy Legacies and Domestic Politics Shape Education Governance in Latin America.
Mauro C. Moschetti is an Associate Professor (Serra Húnter Fellow) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and Senior Researcher in the Globalization, Education and Social Policies (GEPS) research group. His work explores education privatization, global governance, and policy reform. He recently co-edited Education and Development in Central America and the Latin Caribbean (Bristol University Press, 2024).
Claudia M. DÃaz-RÃos is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. She researches global education policy, governance, and crisis responses, focusing on Latin America. In 2024, Claudia published a book titled Translating Global Ideas: How Policy Legacies and Domestic Politics Shape Education Governance in Latin America.
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
1 The State in/of Research on Education Policy in Latin America: Empirical-Theoretical Contributionsâand Their Implications
âD. Brent Edwards, Jr., Mauro C. Moschetti and Claudia DÃaz-RÃos
2 Education Policy and the State in Research on Latin America: A Systematic Literature Review
âD. Brent Edwards, Jr., Mauro C. Moschetti, Claudia DÃaz-RÃos, Siobhán Caruso Ng, Patricia Grillet, Vanessa Ghersi Cordano and Naomi Caywood
3 Network Governance and New Philanthropy in the Dominican Republic: Reconfiguring the State Apparatus through Education Reform
âD. Brent Edwards, Jr., Mauro C. Moschetti and Alejandro Caravaca
4 New Philanthropy and Education Policy in Argentina and Brazil: States, Elites and Education Reform
âIván Matovich and Tomás Esper
5 Constraining or Enabling the State in an Era of Deglobalization: Regionalism as Mediator between the State and the Global in Latin America and the Caribbean
âVictoria Desimoni and tavis d. jules
6 The Paradoxes of Securing Migrantsâ Rights to Education in Latin American Migration States: The Case of Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia
âClaudia DÃaz-RÃos and Daniel Corredor-Llorente
7 The Limits of the State in Expanding Secondary Education in Latin America: Diversification and Segmentation of the Schooling Experience
âFelicitas Acosta
8 Bringing the State into Education Policy Inquiry: A Neo-Marxist and Realist-Based Approach to Program Evaluation in Colombia
âJuan David Parra
9 The Making and Unmaking of Education Reforms in Countries with Weak States: Lessons from Peru
âMarÃa Balarin
10 Theorizing the Post-Colonial State: Going beyond Policy Sociology in Explaining Educational Privatization in Honduras
âD. Brent Edwards, Jr., Mauro C. Moschetti and Alejandro Caravaca
11 Diverse States, Diverse Strategies: How Social Movements Engage Latin American States
âRebecca Tarlau
12 The Legacy of Liberation Theology: Practical and Theoretical Implications from El Salvador for Resisting, Pushing, and Avoiding the State
âD. Brent Edwards Jr. and Magdalena Madany-Saá
13 How to Deal with Our Shit: A Conflict between High Modernist Ideology and Territorial Rootedness at the Worldâs Most Beautiful Lakeâin Guatemala
âTobias Roberts
14 Narratives of Educational Praxis in Ecuador: Plurinationality and Interculturality in Teacher Education
âMagdalena Madany-Saá, Germán Flores, Julio Lojano and Kevin Donley
Afterword: The State, State Power, and EducationâNew Directions
âDiana RodrÃguez-Gomez and Lina Rangel DÃaz
Index
Notes on Contributors
1 The State in/of Research on Education Policy in Latin America: Empirical-Theoretical Contributionsâand Their Implications
âD. Brent Edwards, Jr., Mauro C. Moschetti and Claudia DÃaz-RÃos
2 Education Policy and the State in Research on Latin America: A Systematic Literature Review
âD. Brent Edwards, Jr., Mauro C. Moschetti, Claudia DÃaz-RÃos, Siobhán Caruso Ng, Patricia Grillet, Vanessa Ghersi Cordano and Naomi Caywood
PART 1: Contemporary Challenges
3 Network Governance and New Philanthropy in the Dominican Republic: Reconfiguring the State Apparatus through Education Reform
âD. Brent Edwards, Jr., Mauro C. Moschetti and Alejandro Caravaca
4 New Philanthropy and Education Policy in Argentina and Brazil: States, Elites and Education Reform
âIván Matovich and Tomás Esper
5 Constraining or Enabling the State in an Era of Deglobalization: Regionalism as Mediator between the State and the Global in Latin America and the Caribbean
âVictoria Desimoni and tavis d. jules
6 The Paradoxes of Securing Migrantsâ Rights to Education in Latin American Migration States: The Case of Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia
âClaudia DÃaz-RÃos and Daniel Corredor-Llorente
PART 2: Unpacking Foundations
7 The Limits of the State in Expanding Secondary Education in Latin America: Diversification and Segmentation of the Schooling Experience
âFelicitas Acosta
8 Bringing the State into Education Policy Inquiry: A Neo-Marxist and Realist-Based Approach to Program Evaluation in Colombia
âJuan David Parra
9 The Making and Unmaking of Education Reforms in Countries with Weak States: Lessons from Peru
âMarÃa Balarin
10 Theorizing the Post-Colonial State: Going beyond Policy Sociology in Explaining Educational Privatization in Honduras
âD. Brent Edwards, Jr., Mauro C. Moschetti and Alejandro Caravaca
PART 3: Alternatives: Resisting, Contesting, and Avoiding the State
11 Diverse States, Diverse Strategies: How Social Movements Engage Latin American States
âRebecca Tarlau
12 The Legacy of Liberation Theology: Practical and Theoretical Implications from El Salvador for Resisting, Pushing, and Avoiding the State
âD. Brent Edwards Jr. and Magdalena Madany-Saá
13 How to Deal with Our Shit: A Conflict between High Modernist Ideology and Territorial Rootedness at the Worldâs Most Beautiful Lakeâin Guatemala
âTobias Roberts
14 Narratives of Educational Praxis in Ecuador: Plurinationality and Interculturality in Teacher Education
âMagdalena Madany-Saá, Germán Flores, Julio Lojano and Kevin Donley
Afterword: The State, State Power, and EducationâNew Directions
âDiana RodrÃguez-Gomez and Lina Rangel DÃaz
Index
Targeted to scholars, researchers, graduate students and education policy practitioners interested in comparative and international education, Latin American Studies, political science, policy sociology, international development studies, critical development studies and State theory.âââââ