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3 - The Origins of National Teacher Organizations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

Christopher Chambers-Ju
Christopher Chambers-Ju
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Arlington
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Summary

This chapter analyzes the historical legacies of union-founding to establish whether these legacies had enduring consequences for subsequent patterns of teacher mobilization. It examines the development trajectories of teacher organizations, from 1900 to 1979. It analyzes several themes: church–state conflict over mass public schooling in the early twentieth century; contrasts between the political incorporation of industrial workers and teachers; patronage politics in public schools and the education bureaucracy; teacher struggles for labor codes and professional autonomy; and restrictions on political rights under nondemocratic regimes. It is shown that corporatist legacies set unions on different paths, but these legacies do not fully account for contemporary patterns of teacher mobilization.

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Labor incorporationpatronage politicslabor movementschurch–state conflicteducation policyauthoritarianismColombiaArgentinaMexico
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Mobilizing Teachers
Education Politics and the New Labor Movement in Latin America
 , pp. 35 - 69
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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