Analysing Policy Contexts as a Political Strategy

Autor/in	Pillay, Krishnavani Shervani
Titel	Analysing Policy Contexts as a Political Strategy
Quelle	In: Policy Futures in Education, 12 (2014) 5, S.707-717 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1478-2103
DOI	10.2304/pfie.2014.12.5.707
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Public Policy; Racial Segregation; Racial Bias; Democracy; Social Change; Higher Education; Equal Education; Social Justice; Whites; World History; Educational Policy; College Role; Political Issues; Influences; Politics of Education; Educational Legislation; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Öffentliche Ordnung; Rassentrennung; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Demokratie; Sozialer Wandel; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; White; Weißer; Weltgeschichte; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politischer Faktor; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Educational policy; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	The transformation of South Africa from a deeply iniquitous apartheid regime to a more inclusive democratic dispensation remains a huge challenge for all South Africans and its social institutions. The university remains one institution that is under severe pressure to transform. This pressure is exacerbated by the deeply entrenched apartheid legacy that remains rooted in these institutions, despite very progressive policies that have been put in place. This article aims to demonstrate that even the most substantive policy texts demand continual political scrutiny during their enactment if they are to fulfil their ideals. In so doing, it highlights the need to move beyond uncritical belief in the strength of well-formulated policies/good policy initiatives to obtain socio-political goals such as social justice. In view of this overall aim, this article uses the role played by historically white English-speaking universities during both the pre-apartheid and apartheid political dispensations in South Africa as a vantage point. It is an exploration of the kinds of influences that impacted on the way that policy was constructed and enacted by these universities during apartheid. In order to accomplish this task, Stephen Ball's policy context is used as a conceptual framework. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10