Descentralización, Poderes Locales y Participación Social en Educación en Bolivia. Los Casos de Tarabuco y La Paz (1997-2003).

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Title: Descentralización, Poderes Locales y Participación Social en Educación en Bolivia. Los Casos de Tarabuco y La Paz (1997-2003).
Alternate Title: Decentralization, Local Powers and Social Participation in Education in Bolivia. The Cases of Tarabuco and La Paz (1997-2003).
Authors: Yapu, Mario1 myapu2@yahoo.es
Source: Education Policy Analysis Archives / Archivos Analíticos de Políticas Educativas / Arquivos Analíticos de Políticas Educativas. 2007, Vol. 15 Issue 14, p1-40. 40p. 1 Color Photograph, 4 Charts.
Subject Terms: *School decentralization, *Educational change, *Educational quality, *Educational planning, *Education policy, Social participation, State power
Geographic Terms: Bolivia, Latin America
Abstract (English): Since the Declaration of ministers of education of iberoamerican countries held in Santa Fe de Bogotá, November 4-6, 1992, the decentralization of education has been a recurrent subject of educational reforms in Latin American countries, where in some of them the experiences of decentralization have preceded said Declaration while in others they have followed it. The educational reforms that have come about within the last years associate the decentralization of education with social participation and improvements in the quality of education, among other subjects. This article discusses these topics, questioning what type of decentralization would be effective in Bolivia, which would be the characteristics of social participation and how it is affecting the quality of education. The analysis is done using a micropolitical approach and its emphasis is on the social practices of the actors (i.e., local authorities, teachers and parents), grounding its methodology in two case studies: La Paz and Tarabuco (Bolivia). It is suggested that policies of education decentralization and theoretical social sciences approaches have not been successful in explaining the phenomenon of social relations of power at the local level that affects the nature of any decentralization process, because at the core of State power there is a hegemonic dominance of the managerial approach and a vision of education that is essentially bureaucratic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (Spanish): Desde la Declaración de ministros de educación de países iberoamericanos en Santa Fe de Bogotá, 4-6 de noviembre de 1992, la descentralización educativa ha sido un tema recurrente de las reformas educativas en los países iberoamericanos, donde en algunos de ellos las experiencias de descentralización antecedieron a esta Declaración y en otros fueron posteriores. Las reformas educativas desarrolladas en los últimos años asociaron la descentralización educativa a la participación social y la mejora de la calidad educativa, entre otros temas. Este artículo aborda precisamente estos aspectos, interrogándose sobre qué tipo de descentralización estaría vigente en Bolivia, cuáles serían sus características en cuanto a la participación social y cómo estaría incidiendo en la calidad educativa. Se ha optado por un enfoque de análisis de las micropolíticas y de las prácticas sociales de los actores, apoyándose metodológicamente en dos estudios de caso: La Paz y Tarabuco (Bolivia). El artículo sugiere que tanto las políticas de descentralización educativa como los enfoques teóricos de análisis desde las ciencias sociales han avanzado poco en explicar el fenómeno de las relaciones sociales de poder a nivel local que afecta a la naturaleza de cualquier proceso de descentralización, porque en los poderes centrales del Estado persiste una hegemonía del enfoque gerencialista y una visión esencialmente burocrática de la educación. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: Since the Declaration of ministers of education of iberoamerican countries held in Santa Fe de Bogotá, November 4-6, 1992, the decentralization of education has been a recurrent subject of educational reforms in Latin American countries, where in some of them the experiences of decentralization have preceded said Declaration while in others they have followed it. The educational reforms that have come about within the last years associate the decentralization of education with social participation and improvements in the quality of education, among other subjects. This article discusses these topics, questioning what type of decentralization would be effective in Bolivia, which would be the characteristics of social participation and how it is affecting the quality of education. The analysis is done using a micropolitical approach and its emphasis is on the social practices of the actors (i.e., local authorities, teachers and parents), grounding its methodology in two case studies: La Paz and Tarabuco (Bolivia). It is suggested that policies of education decentralization and theoretical social sciences approaches have not been successful in explaining the phenomenon of social relations of power at the local level that affects the nature of any decentralization process, because at the core of State power there is a hegemonic dominance of the managerial approach and a vision of education that is essentially bureaucratic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: Desde la Declaración de ministros de educación de países iberoamericanos en Santa Fe de Bogotá, 4-6 de noviembre de 1992, la descentralización educativa ha sido un tema recurrente de las reformas educativas en los países iberoamericanos, donde en algunos de ellos las experiencias de descentralización antecedieron a esta Declaración y en otros fueron posteriores. Las reformas educativas desarrolladas en los últimos años asociaron la descentralización educativa a la participación social y la mejora de la calidad educativa, entre otros temas. Este artículo aborda precisamente estos aspectos, interrogándose sobre qué tipo de descentralización estaría vigente en Bolivia, cuáles serían sus características en cuanto a la participación social y cómo estaría incidiendo en la calidad educativa. Se ha optado por un enfoque de análisis de las micropolíticas y de las prácticas sociales de los actores, apoyándose metodológicamente en dos estudios de caso: La Paz y Tarabuco (Bolivia). El artículo sugiere que tanto las políticas de descentralización educativa como los enfoques teóricos de análisis desde las ciencias sociales han avanzado poco en explicar el fenómeno de las relaciones sociales de poder a nivel local que afecta a la naturaleza de cualquier proceso de descentralización, porque en los poderes centrales del Estado persiste una hegemonía del enfoque gerencialista y una visión esencialmente burocrática de la educación. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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