Authors: Monica Esti Rein, Martha Grenzeback
ISBN-13: 9780765602107, ISBN-10: 0765602105
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Sharpe, M. E. Inc.
Date Published: March 1998
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Mid-twentieth century Argentine history was characterized by a long series of political upheavals, economic ups and downs, and social crises. Successive regimes tried to shape a national consciousness to legitimize and support their respective goals. The education system, at all levels, served as a major tool in these efforts. This study focuses on the formal education system in Argentina during the 1940s, the 1950s, and the early 1960s. It analyzes the link between politics and education against the backdrop of changing social conditions in Argentina under the regimes of Peron, Lonardi and Aramburu (the Liberating Revolution), and Frondizi, by evaluating textbooks, official bulletins, children's periodicals, speeches, and personal interviews.
Focuses on the formal education system during a period of political upheavals, economic ups and downs, and social crises. Analyzes the link between politics and education, especially how the successive regimes of Peron, Londardi and Aramburu's Liberating Revolution, and Frondizi used education as a tool to legitimize and support their goals. Based on a doctoral dissertation, in Hebrew, for the University of Tel Aviv (no date noted). Paper edition (unseen), $23.95 Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
List of Tables | ||
Series Foreword | ||
Preface and Acknowledgments | ||
Introduction | 3 | |
I | The Peronization of the Education System | 9 |
1 | Politics and Ideology in Peronist Argentina | 11 |
2 | "The Only Privileged People in the New Argentina": Children and Education in Peronist Thought and Policy | 33 |
3 | "A Message of Light": The Peronization of the Schools | 54 |
4 | Repression and Resistance: The Battle for Control of the Universities | 86 |
II | The De-Peronization of the Education System (1955-1962) | 109 |
5 | "The Tyrant Is Gone, Long Live the Tyranny!": Politics and Ideology during the Liberating Revolution and the Frondizi Era | 111 |
6 | Stamping Out Peronism: Is There an Educational Alternative? | 136 |
7 | Democratization on a Limited Warranty: The Universities under the Liberating Revolution | 161 |
8 | "Secular or Free": Defining the University during the Frondizi Era | 181 |
Conclusion | 201 | |
Bibliography | 205 | |
Index | 215 | |
About the Author | 226 |