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ERIC Number: EJ639057
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2001
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Educational Decentralization Policies in Argentina and Brazil: Exploring the New Trends.
Derqui, Jorge M. Gorostiaga
Journal of Education Policy, v16 n6 p561-83 Nov-Dec 2001
Analyzes educational decentralization trends and policies in Argentina and Brazil during 1990s, includes case studies. Discusses historical background and rationales behind "provinicialization" in Argentina and "municipalization" in Brazil; identifies commonalities, including centralization of curriculum and evaluation nonlocally. Argues 1990s decentralization focused on delegation rather than devolution, reflecting neoliberalism and other social changes. (Contains 91 references.) (KSB)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Argentina; Brazil
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