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Recovering Political Dynamics: Teachers' Unions and the Decentralization of Education in Argentina and Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

María Victoria Murillo
María Victoria Murillo*
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Yale University
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Abstract

This article compares union-government relations in Mexico and Argentina when education was decentralized in the early 1990s. The Mexican union accepted decentralization after obtaining concessions from the government that placated its opposition; but the Argentine teachers’ unions militantly resisted the reforms, only to see government officials ignore their demands. These cases illustrate the significance of partisan identities, union fragmentation, and leadership competition in the interaction of public sector unions and government officials.

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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , Spring 1999 , pp. 31 - 57
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Copyright © University of Miami 1999

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