Cover; Half Title; Title; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The State and Public Education in Latin America; PART ONE THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EDUCATIONAL REFORM IN LATIN AMERICA; 1 Financing Education for Democracy in Latin America; 2 Education Policy and Human Development in the Latin American City; 3 Neoliberal Education Policies in Latin America: Arguments in Favor and Against; PART TWO BASIC EDUCATION IN LATIN AMERICA; 4 Dewey Under South American Skies: Some Readings from Argentina; 5 Contemporary Brazilian Education: Challenges of Basic Education
6 The Problems of the Decentralization of Education: A View from Mexico7 Teacher Education Reform Initiatives: The Case of Mexico; PART THREE HIGHER EDUCATION IN LATIN AMERICA: ARGENTINA IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE; 8 The Paradox of the Autonomy of Argentine Universities: From Liberalism to Regulation; 9 University Restructuring in Argentina: The Political Debate; 10 Women, Education, and the State in Cuba; PART FOUR POPULAR EDUCATION IN LATIN AMERICA: OLD AND NEW DREAMS; 11 Freire, Frei, and Literacy Texts in Chile, 1964-1970; 12 Popular Education and the Reconstruction of El Salvador