Descentralización, Poderes Locales y Participación Social en Educación en Bolivia. Los Casos de Tarabuco y La Paz (1997-2003)

Alternative Title

Decentralization, Local Powers and Social Participation in Education in Bolivia. The Cases of Tarabuco and La Paz (1997-2003)

Creator

Mario Yapu

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

June 2007

Abstract

Since the Declaration of ministers of education of iberoamerican countries held in Santa Fe de Bogotá, November 4-6, 1992, the decentralization of education has been a recurrent subject of educational reforms in Latin American countries, where in some of them the experiences of decentralization have preceded said Declaration while in others they have followed it. The educational reforms that have come about within the last years associate the decentralization of education with social participation and improvements in the quality of education, among other subjects. This article discusses these topics, questioning what type of decentralization would be effective in Bolivia, which would be the characteristics of social participation and how it is affecting the quality of education. The analysis is done using a micropolitical approach and its emphasis is on the social practices of the actors (i.e., local authorities, teachers and parents), grounding its methodology in two case studies: La Paz and Tarabuco (Bolivia). It is suggested that policies of education decentralization and theoretical social sciences approaches have not been successful in explaining the phenomenon of social relations of power at the local level that affects the nature of any decentralization process, because at the core of State power there is a hegemonic dominance of the managerial approach and a vision of education that is essentially bureaucratic.

Keywords

Educational change, Education--Bolivia, Schools--Decentralization

Extent

42

Geographic Location

Tarabuco (Bolivia); La Paz (Bolivia)

Volume

15

Issue

14

Language

Spanish; English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Note

Citation: Yapu, Mario (2007). Descentralización, Poderes Locales y Participación Social en Educación en Bolivia. Los Casos de Tarabuco y La Paz (1997-2003). Archivos Analíticos de Políticas Educativas, 15 (14). Recuperado [fecha] de http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/

Identifier

E11-00521

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Recommended Citation

Yapu, Mario, "Descentralización, Poderes Locales y Participación Social en Educación en Bolivia. Los Casos de Tarabuco y La Paz (1997-2003)" (2007). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 235.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/235