Participatory Practices in Policy-Making: Negotiating Democratic Outcomes or Manoeuvring for Compliance?

Autor/in	Hoppers, Wim
Titel	Participatory Practices in Policy-Making: Negotiating Democratic Outcomes or Manoeuvring for Compliance?
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Development, 29 (2009) 3, S.250-259 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0738-0593
DOI	10.1016/j.ijedudev.2008.02.004
Schlagwörter	Policy Formation; Disadvantaged Youth; Participative Decision Making; Nonformal Education; Children; Foreign Countries; Educational Policy; Politics of Education; Policy Analysis; Educational Development; Educational Environment; Educational Improvement; Uganda + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Politische Betätigung; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Non-formal education; Non formal education; Nichtformale Bildung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Ausland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Educational policy; Politikfeldanalyse; Bildungsentwicklung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung
Abstract	This article explores the nature of participatory practices in policy-making in basic education and their impact on the directions and outcomes of policy. Drawing on theoretical developments in policy studies, the focus is on non-formal education as a policy challenge for EFA. Data are presented from a recent field study undertaken in Uganda of the process to establish a policy framework for basic education for disadvantaged children. A multi-dimensional frame is used for the analysis of the practice of policy development. It is argued that NFE, because of its amorphous and marginal nature, is an important arena for contesting the orthodoxy of educational thinking, policies and practices. Yet the full engagement by all stakeholders by itself cannot guarantee a democratic outcome, as the nature of policy processes may allow for counter-actions that preserve the existing education hierarchy. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10