Equity of access to higher education in the context of South–South cooperation in Latin America: a pluri-scalar analysis

This article draws from an education governance approach to conduct a pluriscalar analysis of equity of access to tertiary education in the context of South–South cooperation. An account of distributional justice in access to tertiary education in the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Bolivarian...

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Main Author: Muhr, Thomas
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Published: Springer 2016
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description This article draws from an education governance approach to conduct a pluriscalar analysis of equity of access to tertiary education in the context of South–South cooperation. An account of distributional justice in access to tertiary education in the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is integrated with a structural approach related to South–South cooperation among the two nations as well as within the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR), upon which two interrelated arguments are developed: first, despite persistent inequities in access to university education in both territories, state-interventionist policies enhance equity of access directly with respect to availability and accessibility. Second, South–South cooperation transforms the background conditions for educational justice by producing an alternative structure to the neoliberal global governance of education and its agenda of privatisation and commercialisation.
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spelling nottingham-344132020-05-04T17:49:46Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34413/ Equity of access to higher education in the context of South–South cooperation in Latin America: a pluri-scalar analysis Muhr, Thomas This article draws from an education governance approach to conduct a pluriscalar analysis of equity of access to tertiary education in the context of South–South cooperation. An account of distributional justice in access to tertiary education in the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is integrated with a structural approach related to South–South cooperation among the two nations as well as within the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR), upon which two interrelated arguments are developed: first, despite persistent inequities in access to university education in both territories, state-interventionist policies enhance equity of access directly with respect to availability and accessibility. Second, South–South cooperation transforms the background conditions for educational justice by producing an alternative structure to the neoliberal global governance of education and its agenda of privatisation and commercialisation. Springer 2016-05-28 Article PeerReviewed Muhr, Thomas (2016) Equity of access to higher education in the context of South–South cooperation in Latin America: a pluri-scalar analysis. Higher Education . ISSN 1573-174X Brazil; Higher education; Education governance; Equity; International cooperation; MERCOSUR; Social justice; South–South cooperation; Venezuela http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-016-0017-9 doi:10.1007/s10734-016-0017-9 doi:10.1007/s10734-016-0017-9
spellingShingle Brazil; Higher education; Education governance; Equity; International cooperation; MERCOSUR; Social justice; South–South cooperation; Venezuela
Muhr, Thomas
Equity of access to higher education in the context of South–South cooperation in Latin America: a pluri-scalar analysis
title Equity of access to higher education in the context of South–South cooperation in Latin America: a pluri-scalar analysis
title_full Equity of access to higher education in the context of South–South cooperation in Latin America: a pluri-scalar analysis
title_fullStr Equity of access to higher education in the context of South–South cooperation in Latin America: a pluri-scalar analysis
title_full_unstemmed Equity of access to higher education in the context of South–South cooperation in Latin America: a pluri-scalar analysis
title_short Equity of access to higher education in the context of South–South cooperation in Latin America: a pluri-scalar analysis
title_sort equity of access to higher education in the context of south–south cooperation in latin america: a pluri-scalar analysis
topic Brazil; Higher education; Education governance; Equity; International cooperation; MERCOSUR; Social justice; South–South cooperation; Venezuela
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