A Conundrum: Reform Despite the Odds -- From Public Problems to Political Agendas -- Sponsoring Reform: Executive Leadership, Formidable Constraints -- Designing Reforms: Problems, Solutions, and Politics -- Contesting Education: Teachers' Unions and the State -- Contesting Education: Teachers' Unions versus Reformers -- Implementing and Sustaining Change: New Arenas for Conflict -- In Process: The Politics of Education Reform
Summary
'Despite the Odds' examines five examples of education reform in South America, focusing on the political battle to secure reform in the face of powerfully entrenched opposition. It shows how strategic choices by reformers can reshape power equations & undermine institutional biases
