Elites’ (Re)production in the University System’s Democratization Times. Conceptual Analysis based on Latin American Experiences

The article develops a theoretical and conceptual analysis on the role of the university system in elite’s mobility and reproduction processes in the context of educational democratization. A review of the main debates on the elite concept is presented, as well as an analysis on the relationship between elite’s (re)production and university / career studied in developed countries and Latin America. Emphasis is made on two countries with university systems characterized by high levels of educational democratization and internal segregation: Chile and Brazil. Thus, a reflection is proposed that shows the importance of the confluence between university and career in the configuration of mobility processes and social reproduction, understanding the elite’s configuration as a dynamic and adaptive process.

• Autores: Quaresma, María Luisa; Villalobos Dintrans, Cristóbal
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2018
• Institución: Universidad de Medellín
• Repositorio: Repositorio UDEM
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.udem.edu.co:11407/5436
• Acceso en línea: https://revistas.udem.edu.co/index.php/Ciencias_Sociales/article/view/2802; http://hdl.handle.net/11407/5436; https://doi.org/10.22395/csye.v7n13a3
• Palabra clave: Elite; Higher education; Latin America; Social reproduction; Elite; Educação superior; América Latina; Reprodução social; Élite; Educación superior; América Latina; Reproducción social
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0