{"product_id":"routes-to-reform-ben-ross-schneider-9780197758861","title":"Routes to Reform: Education Politics in Latin America","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThis is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe key to sustained and equitable development in Latin America is high quality education for all. However, coalitions favoring quality reforms in education are usually weak because parents are dispersed, business is not interested, and much of the middle class has exited public education. In \u003cem\u003eRoutes to Reform\u003c\/em\u003e, Ben Ross Schneider examines education policy throughout Latin America to show that reforms to improve learning--especially making teacher careers more meritocratic and less political--are possible. Several Andean countries and state governments in Brazil achieved notable reform since 2000, though on markedly different trajectories. Although rare, the first bottom-up route to reform was electoral. The second route was more top-down and technocratic, with little support from voters or civil society. Ultimately, by framing education policy in a much broader comparative perspective, Schneider demonstrates that contrary to much established theory, reform outcomes in Latin America depended less on institutions and broad coalitions, but rather--due to the emptiness of the education policy space--on more micro factors like civil society organizations, teacher unions, policy networks, and technocrats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Ross Schneider\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019775886X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197758861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.17w x 0.23d","brand":"Ben Ross Schneider","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45265404952831,"sku":"9780197758861","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_62b40a69-2ad2-45d7-b2e9-8c8474b8837d.jpg?v=1713420804","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/routes-to-reform-ben-ross-schneider-9780197758861","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}