Correlates of Educational Policy Priorities in Developing Nations
| Autor: | Jill Clark |
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| Rok vydání: | 1976 |
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| Zdroj: | Comparative Education Review. 20:129-139 |
| ISSN: | 1545-701X 0010-4086 |
| DOI: | 10.1086/445877 |
| Popis: | THIS RESEARCH has two primary objectives: first, the identification of socio-economic factors and political system variables associated with variation in educational policy outputs among developing nations. Second, there is an effort to determine which of these input factors has more significant influence on two educational policy dimensions: distributive spending (division of educational funds between mass educational expansion and preparation of elite manpower for economic growth) and non-distributive spending (per capita levels of educational expenditure).1 The policy indicator central to this study, the allocation of educational benefits between elite and mass segments of the population, is conceptualized as a distributive output because it assesses within system division of funds for one group (the haves) relative to another group (the have-nots).2 Although the major focus here is on the distributive measure, non-distributive output is considered in order to compare the impacts of socio-economic and political factors on two policy dimensions. The systems framework of policy analysis functions as the organizational schema for this investigation. While this orientation is popular in the analysis of state and urban policy outputs, it has rarely been used in the cross-national context.3 Consequently, findings here make a contribution where there is a gap in existing literature and permit some tentative conclusions regarding the importance of particular correlates in developing countries. These results can be juxtaposed against policy analysis findings from the American states in order to determine whether policy antecedents for developing nations are similar to those for states in a developed nation. Thus, there are two foci for comparing the influence of socioeconomic and political parameters in the educational policy-making process: (1) by |
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