State, Market and Education: Arrangements and tendencies

Authors

  • Elisangela Alves da Silva Scaff UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA GRANDE DOURADOS - UFGD

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/edu.2017.212.10554

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to point out and discuss the forms of privatization evident in the relationship established between state, market and education in the context of the Brazilian basic education. To this end, we carried out a survey of theses and dissertations on this theme, defended in Brazilian graduate programs, from 2000 to 2012. The study was guided by analysis of the content based on themes, namely: state, market and education; privatization of/in education; educational quasi-market; managerialism and/in/of education. The study highlights the predominance of public-private partnerships as main forms of privatization in the context of Brazilian basic education, materialized by the partnerships with the third sector and by the sale of improvements to schools, as to school systems. Circumscribed with in the endogenous’ privatization, this design is characterized by the incorporation of the public sector, originating market practices.

Keywords: Public-Private Partnerships, Brazilian Educational Policy, State, Market and Education, Education Privatization.

Author Biography

Elisangela Alves da Silva Scaff, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA GRANDE DOURADOS - UFGD

Pedagoga e Mestre em Educação pela Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (1999), possui Doutorado (2007) em Educação e Pós­Doutorado (2013) pela Universidade de São Paulo. É professora adjunta da Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados (UFGD), atuando no curso de Pedagogia e no Programa de Pós­Graduação em Educação ­ Mestrado e Doutorado, na Linha de Pesquisa Políticas e Gestão da Educação.

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Published

2017-05-04

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Vol. 21 No. 2 (2017): May/August

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