Presentation: Brazil and Chile: Educational Policies and Neoliberalism in the Marches and Countermarches of the 2000s

Abstract

This article presents the dossier “Teacher appreciation in the Brazilian and Chilean contexto in the face of the marches and countermarches of neoliberalism”, considering the singular social and political conditions of theses countries in which neoliberalism was conceived and implemented. Based on the idea that the essence of politics is the debate of the conjuncture, the authors present the elements that define what they call neoliberal marches and countermarches. Starting from this key idea the eight articles that make up the dossier are presented focusing on the issues training policies, remuneration and teachers’ working conditions in Brazil and Chile. The different approaches that make up the analysis reveal a somewhat negotiated agenda that preserves the elements of neoliberalism incorporated in contemporary educational policies.