Abstract

PARRA MORENO, Diego  and  GONZALEZ LOPEZ, Juan. Privatization of education and corporate power: The phenomenon in an urban low income neighborhood in Santiago of Chile. Educ. Teoria Prática [online]. 2015, vol.25, n.50, pp.415-431. ISSN 1981-8106.  https://doi.org/10.2015/maio.ago.v25n50.415.

This paper presents the results of a case study on the phenomenon of privatization of compulsory education in Chile. Data from the largest education providers (stakeholders) or Groups of Power from the urban low income neighborhood of La Pintana is revised. The data includes corporate/business and religious networks of these stake holders between the period 1995 to 2014. There search finding sindicate a growth and consolidation of these education providers over the years. Further, there is also evidence of increase of both public-private partnerships as well as links to national and transnational corporations. The study highlights the steady growing influence of these organization sand their networks in the educational system through diverse processes of privatization.

Keywords : Privatization of Education; Education Providers (Stakeholders); Corporate Power; Corporate/Business and Religious Networks.

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