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ERIC Number: EJ529923
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-4805
The Impact of Neoliberal Restructuring on Education and Poverty in Latin America.
Boron, Atilio Alberto; Torres, Carlos Alberto
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v42 n2 p102-14 Jun 1996
Examines the widening gap between rich and poor in Latin America, and the troubling performance of new Latin American democracies. Reviews human-capital, neoconservative, neoliberal, functionalist, and social democratic theories about education and poverty. Presents eight theses about the state, poverty, and education, and calls for education to aid in constructing a civic conscience. Contains 37 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Capitalism, Democracy, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Politics of Education, Poverty, Public Policy, Role of Education, Social Stratification, Social Theories
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Latin America; Neoliberalism
Note: Based on a paper presented at a University of Alberta conference (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, September 1995). Theme issue title: "Education and Development: Past Lessons, Present Crises, Future Possibilities."