Neoliberalism and education in the performance of think tanks

Abstract

This work presents the results of a theoretical study and literature review on the organization and dissemination of think tanks operating internationally and their role in directing the direction of Brazilian public education. To this end, we defined the following research objectives: to situate neoliberal policies within the scope of adjustment measures for the structural crisis of capital; to characterize the expansion movement of think tanks; and understand the role of think tanks in the process of propagating neoliberal thinking and its impacts on the educational field. Although there is no established consensus on the definition of what these institutions are, think tanks have been presented as the institutions that most influence the global political scenario, whether internally or externally. These are quite complex, organized and comprehensive structures, coming to be recognized as tanks of ideas. With regard to the theoretical-methodological assumptions used to carry out this work, it is important to emphasize that we adopted Historical and Dialectical Materialism as a basis, as we understand that this perspective provides us with the necessary foundations to understand the relationship between capital and work, as well as its reverberations. in the educational system.