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Mass Higher Education and the 2011 Student Movement in C hile: Material and Ideological Implications
Author(s) -
FLEET NICOLAS,
GUZMÁNCONCHA CÉSAR
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/blar.12471
Subject(s) - ideology , commodification , politics , reproduction , movement (music) , class (philosophy) , political education , higher education , sociology , neoliberalism (international relations) , political economy , political science , epistemology , economy , economics , law , aesthetics , ecology , biology , philosophy
This article analyses the material and ideological implications of a highly commodified mass higher education system on the 2011 students' mobilisations in C hile. Drawing upon quantitative and qualitative data, we show that the grievances denounced by the movement emerged from the differences in the process of socialisation/reproduction of intellectual labour among universities, which in turn correspond to forms of class exploitation. Moreover, we demonstrate that students' engagement in/with the movement varies across universities in accordance with the differentiation of these institutions along class and political cleavages. The article offers insights to understand why a sectoral conflict became the most significant challenge to the neoliberal consensus that has prevailed since the late‐1980s.