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- Mobilizing Teachers
- Cambridge Studies in the Comparative Politics of Education
- Mobilizing Teachers
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Why Teachers?
- 2 How Union Organizations Shape Teacher Mobilization
- 3 The Origins of National Teacher Organizations
- 4 Organizational Consolidation in Mexico
- 5 Instrumentalism in Mexico
- 6 Organizational Weakening in Argentina
- 7 Movementism in Argentina
- 8 Factionalism in Colombia
- 9 Leftism in Colombia
- 10 Teacher Politics in Comparative Perspective
- References
- Index
1 - Why Teachers?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 May 2024
- Mobilizing Teachers
- Cambridge Studies in the Comparative Politics of Education
- Mobilizing Teachers
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Why Teachers?
- 2 How Union Organizations Shape Teacher Mobilization
- 3 The Origins of National Teacher Organizations
- 4 Organizational Consolidation in Mexico
- 5 Instrumentalism in Mexico
- 6 Organizational Weakening in Argentina
- 7 Movementism in Argentina
- 8 Factionalism in Colombia
- 9 Leftism in Colombia
- 10 Teacher Politics in Comparative Perspective
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter provides an overview of the book. It presents the outcome of interest: the political strategies of teachers or the different ways that teachers mobilize in politics. These strategies are referred to as instrumentalism (strategic alliances), movementism (recurrent protests), and leftism (alliances with left parties). The chapter explains the significance of these strategies in relation to the labor movement and education politics, and it introduces the main argument. This chapter shows that examining the ways in which teachers mobilize in politics helps to shed light on normative questions about how they shape education policy and democratic governance.
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- Mobilizing TeachersEducation Politics and the New Labor Movement in Latin America, pp. 1 - 12Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024