This paper analyses the 2011 Chilean student movement, the most relevant social
mobilisation in Chile since the restoration of democracy in 1990. Based on available …

During the last decade, Chilean society was shaken by sharply critical and powerful student
movements: secondary students led the 2006" Penguin Revolution" and university students …

Our chapter has several goals: first, to discuss the context for and meaning of citizenship for
youth in developing countries and the particular challenges for young people and for their …

This article examines the major consequences of the neoliberal education system
implemented in Chile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet and how two important …

Crime and insecurity are top public policy concerns in Latin America. Political leaders offer
tough-on-crime solutions that include increased policing and punishments, and decreased …

En el presente artículo analizo la apropiación masiva de las Tecnologías de Información y
Comunicación (TIC) para acciones de protesta en Chile. En 2006, la comunidad estudiantil …

Este artículo aborda las tensiones político-educativas subyacentes al Sistema de Medición
de la Calidad de la Educación (SIMCE), visibilizando su rol preponderante para consolidar …

En esta era global los jóvenes se han distanciado de formas tradicionales de ejercer su
derecho político (eg, voto) y han mostrado nuevas formas de participación sociopolítica …

In this article I analyze the class-and cultural-based exclusion produced by the Chilean
neoliberal educational reform, carried out during the period from 1990 to 2010. This …

This chapter describes critical and powerful student movements to illustrate how students
can be relevant political actors in education debates. It analyzes discrimination issue, linking …