Education and neoliberalism in Yucatan, Mexico

Under neoliberalism, at least in Mexico, education has been recast as a service that is to be sold for money, and not as a right of all Mexicans. The economy itself is now seen as a services economy, where everything is expected to make money. Here we reflect on some of the implications of current e...

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Main Authors: Gabriela Vargas-Cetina, Steffan Igor Ayora-Diaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UNICApress 2016-08-01
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Online Access:https://ojs.unica.it/index.php/anuac/article/view/2455
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