Education, Policy, and Social Change

DANIEL A. MORALES-GOMEZ is Director, Social Policy Program with the International Development Research Centre in Ottawa, Canada. He co-authored (with Carlos Alberto Torres) The State, Corporatist Politics, and Educational Policy Making in Mexico (Praeger, 1990). CARLOS ALBERTO TORRES is Assistant Professor of Education at the University of California at Los Angeles. He is the author of The Politics of Nonformal Education in Latin America (Praeger, 1990) and The Church, Society and Hegemony (Praeger, 1992).

Introduction: Education and Development in Latin America Education for Social Survival: Managing the Crisis of Development Bolivia: Society, State, and Education in Crisis Colombia: Educational Research and Policy--Problems of the 1990s, Issues for the 1990s Ecuador: Basic Quechuan Education Mexico: Modernization of Education and the Problems and Challenges of Basic Education Peru: Education for National Identity--Ethnicity and Andean Nationalism Venezuela: Education After Prosperity Education for Transition: From Dictatorship to Democracy Argentina: Education in Transition--From Dictatorship to Democracy Brazil: Conflicts between Public and Private Schooling and the Brazilian Constitutions Chile: The State and Higher Education Coping with Political Turmoil and Economic Downturn: Education for National Integration Costa Rica: Education and Politics--A Historical Perspcetive Cuba: Educational Research and Decision-making Nicaragua: Education and Social Transformation, 1979-91 Conclusion: Educational Research and Policy in the 1990s--A New decade of Challenges Bibliography Index