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Author Prosser, Howard, author

Title Global Liberalism and Elite Schooling in Argentina / Howard Prosser
Edition First edition
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Series Education in Global Context
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Series Editor's Overview; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Introduction; Note; Part I: World-Class Practices; Chapter 1: A Constellational Approach to the Study of Elite Education; The Caledonian School at a Glance; Constellational Lineaments; Working with Adorno's Constellation; Political Culture at an Elite Argentine School; A Caledonian Constellation; Telescoping with History and Ideology; Astral Uncertainties; Notes; Chapter 2: Articulating the Sociology of Elite Education and Global Ethnography
The Sociology of Elite EducationGlobal Ethnography as Necessity; Global Ethnography's Limits; Augmenting Global Ethnography; Towards a Global Ethnography of Elite Schooling; Notes; Chapter 3: The Economy of Eliteness: Consuming Educational Advantage; Elite Class Analysis; Exchange in the Economy of Eliteness; Value in the Economy of Eliteness; Producing the Elite Imaginary; Promoting Consumption; Leveraging the Economy of Eliteness; Notes; Part II: Historical Forces; Chapter 4: The Caledonian School's Establishment: Empire, Nation, School; British Imperialism and the Origins of Argentina
Home, School, and KirkFree-Trade Imperialism and Argentine Prosperity; Settler Capitalism, Neo-Europes, Informal Empire; Caledonian School and Imperial Culture; Transitory Fortunes; Notes; Chapter 5: The Caledonian School's Ascendancy: Authoritarianism, Populism, Post-Neoliberalism; The Anglo-Argentine Community's Demise; Argentina's Post-War Schooling Complex; El Modelo and the Promotion of Eliteness; The 2001 Collapse of Neoliberalism; Caledonian's Post-Neoliberal Paradoxes; Ideological Tangos; Notes; Part III: Political Culture
Chapter 6: "Drunk on Capitalism": Teaching History to Rich KidsCurriculum Adjustments; History Teachers: Jessica and Violeta; Historical Redemption; Historia versus History; The Trouble with Historical Consciousness; Influencing Ideology; Notes; Chapter 7: Moulding Plastic Liberalism: Political Discussion during an Election Year; Chatting about Politics; Making Your Mind Up; Constellating Political Formation; Liberalism's Limited Universality; Political Trajectories: Francisco and Kingsley; Impressions of Civility; Two Election Results; Political Destinies; Notes
Chapter 8: Winners Helping Losers: The Comforts of Service-LearningA Brief History of Community Service at Caledonian; Service-Learning at Caledonian; A Compulsory Excursion; MarĂ­a's Civic Awareness; Service-Learning as a Global Phenomena; Liberalism's Comforts; Beyond the Winners' Circle; The Paradoxes of Service; Notes; Conclusion; Afterword on Method; References; Index
Summary "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."--Provided by publisher
Subject Caledonian School (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
SUBJECT Caledonian School (Buenos Aires, Argentina) fast
Subject Elite (Social sciences) -- Education -- Argentina
Education -- Social aspects -- Argentina
Education and globalization -- Argentina
Education and globalization
Education -- Social aspects
Elite (Social sciences) -- Education
Argentina
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781315453378
1315453371