Persistence and Success of Student Mobilization in a Post-Dictatorship and Neoliberal Context in Chile (1990-2020)

Authors

  • Cristián Bellei University of Chile
  • Cristóbal Villalobos Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Keywords:

Latin America and the Caribbean, student movements, market-oriented education, education policy, student politics and activism

Abstract

Chilean education is known as a market-driven, segregated, and highly privatized system. These characteristics have generated a complete reconfiguration of the higher education system, which is experienced by students as inequitable and unfair. The student movement has been a key actor in responding to this system through constant and often massive protests over the past 30 years. It has been especially during the last three governments.

Author Biographies

Cristián Bellei, University of Chile

Cristián Bellei is associate researcher at the Center for Advanced Research in Education, University of Chile, Chile. E-mail: cbellei@ciae.uchile.cl, X: cristianbellei

Cristóbal Villalobos, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Cristóbal Villalobos is assistant professor at the Faculty of Education, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile. E-mail: clvillal@uc.cl.

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Published

2024-11-17

How to Cite

Bellei, C., & Villalobos, C. (2024). Persistence and Success of Student Mobilization in a Post-Dictatorship and Neoliberal Context in Chile (1990-2020). International Higher Education, (120). Retrieved from https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/18441

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No. 120 (2024): Fall Issue

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