Global Liberalism and Elite Schooling in Argentina

Howard Prosser (Monash University, Australia)

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Routledge
03 August 2017

Philosophy & theory of education; Educational strategies & policy

Series: Education in Global Context

A response to Argentina’s shifting political climate, Global Liberalism and Elite Schooling in Argentina reveals how elite schooling encourages the hoarding of educational advantage and reinforces social inequalities. Presenting Buenos Aires’s Caledonian School as part of the growing scholarly discussion on elite education in the Global South, Howard Prosser situates the school’s history in concert with that of the state, the region, and the globe. The book applies new methodologies for the study of elite schools in globalizing circumstances by fusing ethnographic fieldwork with archival research and a wealth of secondary sources. This transdisciplinary approach focuses on the nature of liberalism as a global ideal, positing that eliteness is sustained by an economy with its own culture of value and exchange that, ironically, the scholarship on elites may help perpetuate.

By: Howard Prosser (Monash University Australia)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 317g
ISBN: 9781138080218
ISBN 10: 1138080217
Series: Education in Global Context
Pages: 204
Publication Date: 03 August 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS FOREWORD by Jane Kenway INTRODUCTION I WORLD-CLASS PRACTICES ONE A Constellational Approach to the Study of Elite Schooling TWO Articulating the Sociology of Elite Education and Global Ethnography THREE Economy of Eliteness: Consuming Educational Advantage II HISTORICAL FORCES FOUR The Caledonian School’s Establishment: Empire, Nation, School FIVE The Caledonian School’s Ascendancy: Authoritarianism, Populism, Post-Neoliberalism III POLITICAL CULTURE SIX ""Drunk on Capitalism:"" Teaching History to Rich Kids SEVEN Moulding Plastic Liberalism: Political Discussion during an Election Year EIGHT Winners Helping Losers: The Comforts of Service Learning CONCLUSION AFTERWORD ON METHOD REFERENCES"

Howard Prosser is a lecturer in Education at Monash University, Australia. He holds a PhD in History from the University of Western Australia and a PhD in Education from Monash University. He co-edited In the Realm of the Senses: Social Aesthetics and the Sensory Dynamics of Privilege (2015).