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Spring 2021
ISSN 0890-913X
Volume 36, Number 1

Socialist Indoctrination in School Textbooks: The Case of “Colección Bicentenario” in Venezuela

Antonio Saravia, Mercer University
Clara Mengolini, Mercer University
Robi Ragan, Mercer University
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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise36(1),2021,79104SocialistIndoctrinationinSchoolTextbooks:TheCaseofColecciónBicentenarioinVenezuelaAntonioSaraviaMercerUniversityClaraMengoliniMercerUniversityRobiRaganMercerUniversity______________________________________________________AbstractWeassessthenatureandextentofsocialistindoctrinationinelementaryschooltextbookspublishedbythegovernmentofHugoChávezinVenezuela.Ourmethodologyconsistsofsystematicallycomparingthesetextbookswiththosepublishedbypreviousadministrations.Weperformaqualitativecomparisonbycodingrelevantcategoriesandaquantitativecomparisonusingtextmining.WefindstrongevidenceofsocialistindoctrinationinthetextbookspublishedbythegovernmentofHugoChávezrelativetothoseweuseasabenchmark.Themostcommontopicspresentintheformerincludethepromotionofincomeredistribution,government-providedgoods,andcollectiveeffort.______________________________________________________JELClassification:A2,I21,P36,P50Keywords:indoctrination,socialism,Venezuela,economiceducationI.IntroductionOneofthemostcommonfeaturesofsocialistregimesistheiremphasisonpubliceducation.TheLikbezcampaignintroducedbyLeninin1919,forexample,mobilizedvastamountsofresourcestoeliminateilliteracyduringtheBolshevikRevolution.1Similarly,twoyearsafterthevictoryoftheCubanRevolutionin1958,FidelCastrolaunchedoneofthemostambitiousliteracycampaignsintheworld,1TheliteracyrateintheSovietUnionincreasedfromapproximately24percentbefore1917toapproximately80percentbeforeWorldWarII(Grenoble2003).
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