Open AccessThe Political University in Argentina in the 1990's
Author(s) -
Adriana Chiroleu,
Osvaldo Iazzetta,
Claudia Voras,
Claudio Díaz
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
education policy analysis archives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.727
H-Index - 46
ISSN - 1068-2341
DOI - 10.14507/epaa.v9n22.2001
Subject(s) - autonomy , government (linguistics) , institution , politics , state (computer science) , punishment (psychology) , public administration , work (physics) , power (physics) , sociology , higher education , public university , political science , economics , economic growth , social science , psychology , social psychology , law , mechanical engineering , philosophy , linguistics , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , computer science , engineering
Although university autonomy was apparently protected during Carlos Menem's government (1989-1999), actually it was gradually undergoing substantial changes. "Intrusive" devices had been prepared by the executive power, thus causing the restriction of its objectives. This kind of state participation was less explicit than in the past, being now associated with the establishment of a system of "punishment and reward," in which financing is subordinated to "performance," evaluated according to the parameters of multilateral credit organizations . In this work, we analyse the way in which this conflict took place under Menem's government, contrasting the meanings given to the idea of autonomy by the government and by the public institution; attentin focuses on the case of the National University of Rosario.