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Spring 2021

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 36, Number 1

Categories: Spring 2021 | Socialism | Education

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),2021,79–104SocialistIndoctrinationinSchoolTextbooks:TheCaseof“ColecciónBicentenario”inVenezuelaAntonioSaraviaMercerUniversityClaraMengoliniMercerUniversityRobiRaganMercerUniversity______________________________________________________AbstractWeassessthenatureandextentofsocialistindoctrinationinelementaryschooltextbookspublishedbythegovernmentofHugoChávezinVenezuela.Ourmethodologyconsistsofsystematicallycomparingthesetextbookswiththosepublishedbypreviousadministrations.Weperformaqualitativecomparisonbycodingrelevantcategoriesandaquantitativecomparisonusingtextmining.WefindstrongevidenceofsocialistindoctrinationinthetextbookspublishedbythegovernmentofHugoChávezrelativetothoseweuseasabenchmark.Themostcommontopicspresentintheformerincludethepromotionofincomeredistribution,government-providedgoods,andcollectiveeffort.______________________________________________________JELClassification:A2,I21,P36,P50Keywords:indoctrination,socialism,Venezuela,economiceducationI.IntroductionOneofthemostcommonfeaturesofsocialistregimesistheiremphasisonpubliceducation.TheLikbezcampaignintroducedbyLeninin1919,forexample,mobilizedvastamountsofresourcesto“eliminateilliteracy”duringtheBolshevikRevolution.1Similarly,twoyearsafterthevictoryoftheCubanRevolutionin1958,FidelCastrolaunchedoneofthemostambitiousliteracycampaignsintheworld,1TheliteracyrateintheSovietUnionincreasedfromapproximately24percentbefore1917toapproximately80percentbeforeWorldWarII(Grenoble2003).

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Title	Socialist Indoctrination in School Textbooks: The Case of “Colección Bicentenario” in Venezuela
Authors/Creators:	Antonio Saravia, Mercer University Clara Mengolini, Mercer University Robi Ragan, Mercer University
Year:	2021
Volume:	36
Number:	1
Pages:	79 - 104
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	indoctrination, socialism, Venezuela, economic education

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Saravia, Antonio; Mengolini, Clara; Ragan, Robi / 2021. "Socialist Indoctrination in School Textbooks: The Case of “Colección Bicentenario” in Venezuela." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 36(1): 79-104.