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Title: | WHEN GLOBAL IDEAS COLLIDE WITH DOMESTIC INTERESTS: THE POLITICS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION GOVERNANCE IN ARGENTINA, CHILE AND COLOMBIA |
Authors: | Diaz Rios, Claudia |
Advisor: | Dion, Michelle |
Department: | Political Science |
Keywords: | education policy;education governance;education reform;education privatization;social policy;globalization;curriculum policy;standardized exams |
Publication Date: | 2016 |
Abstract: | Latin American countries have shifted from a model of education governance based on hierarchical rules and centralized authority to a results-driven model with shared responsibility among state and non-state actors. Yet, adopted governance models show remarkable cross-national variation. This dissertation aims at explaining this variation amid convergence through the qualitative comparative analysis of education governance in Chile, Argentina, and Colombia during three distinct periods of development, namely centralized education planning from the standpoint of manpower needs (1960s-1970s), market-oriented governance mechanisms (1980s-1990s), and accountability-oriented education for all (2000s-2010s). This analysis demonstrates that while diffusion of widely recognized policy ideas about education governance produces convergence, political contestation of domestic organized actors produces variation that ranges from full adoption to outright rejection of foreign recommendations. My study qualifies insights from institutional and diffusion theories by specifying the conditions in which domestic actors are able to modify both, domestic institutions and powerful foreign ideas. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/20527 |
Appears in Collections: | Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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