From Development to Dictatorship

Field, Thomas C.

doi:10.7591/9780801470455

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“…ALPRO was an aid program launched by President Kennedy, in 1961, to promote development in Latin America, inspired by the Marshall Plan and focused on the region (Field, 2014; Rabe, 2014; Sewell, 2016). Modernization theory was developed by US scholars to foster development in Third World countries, and formed the basis of ALPRO (Gilman, 2003, 2018; Latham, 1998).…”

Section: Prologuementioning

confidence: 99%

“…We investigated manuscripts written by US representatives who took part in ALPRO (Galbraith, 1961; Gordon, 1962; Schlesinger, 1965), and a report by Rostow (1964) on a trip to Brazil. Finally, we used secondary sources on ALPRO, Cold War and modernization theory (Field, 2014; Gilman, 2003, 2018; Latham, 1998; Rabe, 2014; Sewell, 2016; Taffet, 2007; Weis, 2001).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…What is implicit is that modernization was conceived as the means to save Latin America from the communists (Schlesinger, 1965). Modernization theory was an important weapon in the Cold War (Field, 2014), which is why “The United States attempted to modernize and speed up the development process in Latin America through ALPRO . .…”

Section: Act-purpose: the Alpro—the Containment Of Communism Using Momentioning

confidence: 99%

“…CEPAL prepared the content and its researchers were sent to teach. The CEPAL repertoire encompassed development techniques from different countries, including the Soviet Union (Wanderley, 2015), since many Latin Americans sought an independent path from the Cold War belligerents (Field, 2014).…”

Section: Agency: Us-led Investment In Management Education In Brazilmentioning

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The Alliance for Progress, modernization theory, and the history of management education: The case of CEPAL in Brazil

Wanderley

Barros²

2019

Management Learning

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We investigate the case of the Economic Commission for Latin America in Brazil to discuss how modernization theory was mobilized to influence management education. The theories formulated by the Economic Commission for Latin America formed the basis of the courses it offered on development administration and management and the public administration schools it helped create. The theories from the Economic Commission for Latin America were contrary to US interests and to the modernization theory tenets developed by US scholars. The Alliance for Progress, launched in 1961 by US President J.F. Kennedy, was a project informed by modernization theory aimed to foster development in Latin America, and to contain the spread of Communism after the Cuban Revolution. The Alliance for Progress mobilized a network of US-controlled institutions that invested in management education and in an interpretation of development administration and management based on modernization theory that confronted the Economic Commission for Latin America. We make use of Burke’s Pentad to articulate the interactions among (asymmetrical) players at different levels of analysis and along the historical period investigated. We treat science as literature, and we present our analysis in a dramatistic narrative to promote reflexive management learning. We show that US-led investment in management education increased considerably after the launch of the Alliance for Progress, and that it lasted throughout the 1960s.

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Section: Prologuementioning

confidence: 99%