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ERIC Number: EJ659859
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0068
The State, Privatisation and Educational Policy: A Critique of Neo-liberalism in Latin America and Some Ethical and Political Considerations.
Torres, Carlos Alberto
Comparative Education, v38 n4 p365-85 Nov 2002
Examines political aspects of international aid to education in Latin America, focusing on drastic ideological changes in the widespread shift from the liberal to the neoliberal state. Analyzes dilemmas and tensions of external aid, touching on the World Bank's roles and elements of its lending processes, particularly research policies. Addresses ethical and political dilemmas of educational research and planning in Latin America. (Contains 59 references.) (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Educational Policy, Ethics, Foreign Countries, Ideology, Politics of Education, Power Structure, Public Policy, Social Science Research
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Globalization; International Aid; Latin America; Neoliberalism; Politics of Research; Positivism; World Bank
Note: Theme issue title: "Latin America and Educational Transfer" (special number 26).