Mobilizing Teachers

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-009-36805-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 562 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in the Comparative Politics of Education

The political participation of public school teachers in new democracies has generated heated debates. In some countries, teacher strikes shutter schools for months each year; in others, teachers' unions have become powerful political machines and have even formed new political parties. To explain these contrasts, Mobilizing Teachers delves into changes in education politics and the labor movement. Christopher Chambers-Ju argues that union organizations fundamentally shape teacher mobilization, with far-reaching implications for politics and policy. With detailed case studies of Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico, this book is the first comparative analysis of teacher politics in Latin America. Drawing on extensive field research and multiple sources of data, it enriches theoretical perspectives in political science and sociology on the interplay between protests, electoral mobilization, and party alliances. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chambers-Ju, Christopher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Chambers-Ju, Christopher
Christopher Chambers-Ju is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas in Arlington. He has worked on education politics for nearly twenty years, in academic and policy circles, and has conducted field research throughout Latin America. He holds a Ph.D in in political science from UC Berkeley and was the recipient of the Spencer Dissertation Fellowship.