The techno-bureaucratic liberal management model and the recent brazilian educational reforms: Limits of the reformist thesis in the marxist perspective

Abstract

In the present essay, we seek to analyze three reformist theses implanted within the framework of techno-bureaucratic liberalism assumed by capitalism in crisis in Brazil. The first thesis explains the modus operandi of the educational reforms implemented since 1990, especially in Latin America, which were, initially, defined as innovative financing and management strategies and later materialized as curricular reforms. The second thesis analyzes the broader philosophical foundations that support Brazilian educational reformism. And, as a consequence, the third thesis is elucidated: with the purpose of fighting social resistance, specific measures and/or projects are implemented, articulated to the techno-bureaucratic and liberal management model. In the counterpoint to these theses, we reveal, in the light of Marxist criticism, the limits and the inconsistency of its foundations, presenting, as an illustration, Brazilian reformist experiences in the educational field.