Popular Participation in Contentious Policy Areas: Education Policy in Mauritius

Autor:	Barbara Wake Carroll, Terrance Carroll, Sheila Bunwaree
Rok vydání:	2005
Předmět:	Public Administration Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject Developing country Citizen journalism Technocracy Public administration Policy analysis Politics State (polity) Economics Education policy Legitimacy media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice. 7:155-176
ISSN:	1572-5448 1387-6988
Popis:	Mauritius, like many developing countries, has a need for educational reform. Education is a contentious policy area where it is difficult to build consensus. Mauritius has a well-established procedure, the civic network, for involving the public in policy making, and building state legitimacy and capacity. Yet, in recent attempts at educational reform, the civic network has been avoided. Instead, they have relied upon technocratic policy making which, in political terms, has had limited success. We explain why this happened and conclude that, in Mauritius and similar participatory societies, a participatory policy procedure probably is essential to the successful development and implementation of reforms in contentious policy areas like education.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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