Journal article
Democracy, Authoritarianism and Education Finance in Brazil
Journal of Latin American studies, v 34(1), pp 115-141
01 Feb 2002
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
In view of the inconclusive statistical results associated with democracy's impact on economic performance, this article unpacks the dependent variable (economic development) by examining democratisation's impact on education policy. To determine whether democracy compels politicians to provide higher levels of educational opportunity, it traces the process of repression and democratisation in Brazil along with government spending on education. It finds that democratisation has observable effects on education spending on three different levels: 1) the percentage of government spending allocated to education; 2) the distribution of federal funding among different levels of education; and 3) the distribution of funds within primary education among state and local actors.
Metrics
Details
- Title
- Democracy, Authoritarianism and Education Finance in Brazil
- Creators
- DAVID S. Brown - Rice University
- Publication Details
- Journal of Latin American studies, v 34(1), pp 115-141
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 27
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Arts and Sciences; Politics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000174395100005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0036182207
- Other Identifier
- 991021903890704721
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This publication has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:
InCites Highlights
Data related to this publication, from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool:
- Web of Science research areas
- Area Studies
- Humanities, Multidisciplinary