Reform at Mexico's National Autonomous University: hegemony or bureaucracy.

Autor/in	Ordorika, Imanol
Titel	Reform at Mexico's National Autonomous University: hegemony or bureaucracy.
Quelle	In: Higher education, 31 (1996) 4, S. 403-427Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 29
Sprache	englisch; englische Zusammenfassung
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560; 1573-174X
DOI	10.1007/BF00137124
Schlagwörter	Autonomie; Konflikt; Bürokratisierung; Macht; Staat; Hochschulreform; Hochschulverwaltung; Hochschule; Mexiko
Abstract	Many attempts to reform the most important university of Mexico (UNAM) have failed. "The limitations and obstacles for reform at UNAM are analyzed in this article. The established power relations and the bureaucratization process are identified as the main political and structural limitations for change. The dominating system at UNAM is analyzed in a historical perspective emphasizing the cultural elements in the conformation of the dominant discourse and alliance. Confrontation and conflict within the University and against external power structures are traced in this historical analysis and exhibited as permanent components in the modern history of the UNAM. The existence of a legitimacy crisis in the governance structure of this University is argued in terms of the erosion of the prevailing dominating system, expressed in the open manifestation of inherent contradictions through social conflicts directed against the bureaucracy; the permanent challenge to rules, regulations and established procedures; the lack of academic leadership; and the internal dissent and the deficient articulation within the dominant block. " (DIPF/Abstract übernommen).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	1998_(CD)