The critical challenge: Policy networks and market models for education

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Lubienski
Keyword(s):  
Policy Transfer ◽  
Policy Advocacy ◽  
Advocacy Networks ◽  
Advocacy Organizations ◽  
Neoliberal Reform ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Rigorous Research ◽  
Effective Advocacy ◽  
Economic Transaction ◽  
Policy Proposals

This paper reviews a number of approaches to considering how policy transfers through advocacy networks, focusing on education issues in general, and market-based policies in particular. While policymakers and private funders are demanding evidence on the effectiveness of proposed interventions in education, it is not at all clear that they themselves consider evidence in promoting particular policies. Instead, as is apparent with policy proposals for market-based reforms, quite often it is not rigorous research that advances policies, but effective advocacy. Indeed, evidence indicates that an infrastructure of rapid production and dissemination of data has emerged through advocacy organizations and networks, often to obscure or produce alternative evidence. While critical theorists have noted for some time the expansion of neoliberal reform models in education, those analyses offer little in terms of understanding the mechanisms behind the expansion and proliferation of such policies, much less effective ways to challenge their growth. The paper highlights limitations of one of the most popular theoretical perspectives for understanding such networks, and notes how, in the marketplace of ideas represented by new policy advocacy networks, critical scholars are poor at packaging their message, especially compared to intermediary organizations. The paper concludes by introducing a framework of economic transaction for understanding policy transfer. In doing so, it offers a challenge for critical scholars hoping to influence education policymaking.

Wadhwa, Charan D. and MukulG. Asher (eds.). ASEAN-SOUTH ASIA Economic Relations. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 1985. ix+384pp.

1988 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 336-338
Author(s):  
Muhammad Hussain Malik
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Asian Studies ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Rigorous Research ◽  
Southeast Asian Studies ◽  
The Right ◽  
Policy Proposals

The need to enhance their economic relations with each other has long been felt by developing countries. However, their efforts in this regard have met with limited success. One of the reasons for this could be that not much serious work has been done to understand the complexities and possibilities of economic relations of developing countries. The complementarities which exist among the economies of these countries remain relatively unexplored. There is a lack of concrete policy proposals which developing countries may follow to achieve their often proclaimed objective of collective self-reliance. All this needs serious and rigorous research efforts. In this perspective, the present study can be considered as a step in the right direction. It examines trade and other economic relations of developing countries of two regions of Asia-South Asian countries and member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The study also explores ways and means to improve economic relations among these countries

Corruption Measurements: Caught Between Conceptualizing the Phenomenon and Promoting New Governance Agenda?

2021 ◽  
pp. 097226292098394
Author(s):  
Kannan Perumal
Keyword(s):  
Data Aggregation ◽  
Policy Advocacy ◽  
New Governance ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Topic Evolution ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Control Framework ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Theoretical Issues ◽  
Insight Into

The work ‘Corruption Measurements: Caught Between Conceptualizing the Phenomenon and Promoting New Governance Agenda?’ is a qualitative study based on reviewing the literature available on the subject. It starts with the introduction that explains the evolution of the idea of measuring corruption, its relevance to governance and associated theoretical issues. The topic, ‘Evolution of Corruption Measurements’ gives an overview about different corruption indices. While the topic ‘Challenges to Corruption Measurements’ briefly introduces the challenges faced by corruption measurements, the topics ‘Conceptualizing Corruption’ and ‘Methodological Issues’ give insight into the contentions faced by corruption measurements from different theoretical perspectives. Also, explained in these sections are how the corruption measurements have conceptualized corruption over the period of three decades; and how do they keep evolving their methods in order to become more relevant in policy advocacy. Issues associated with data aggregation also are explained in-depth in this work. This work demonstrates that though continuous methodological evolution and empirical research have helped corruption measurements to improve their acceptance level, the gap that exist between corruption control framework and practice will remain a challenge to address in future if corruption measurements do not genuinely account the contextual realities.

Developments in the Japanese Political Economy since the mid‐1980s: The Second Attempt at Neoliberal Reform and its Aftermath

1999 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 372-396
Author(s):  
Hideo Otake
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Neoliberal Reform ◽  
Economic Liberalism ◽  
Milton Friedman ◽  
The World ◽  
Laissez Faire ◽  
Policy Proposals ◽  
Friedrich Hayek

THE DECADE FROM THE LATE 1970s TO THE LATE 1980S, WHICH BEGAN with the birth of the Thatcher and Reagan administrations and concluded with the fall of communist regimes throughout Russia and Eastern Europe, and the concurrent rise of the Asian NIES states, was the renaissance era of laissez-faire economic liberalism or neoliberalism. ‘Privatization’, ‘deregulation’, and ‘small government’ became popular slogans globally, borrowed heavily from the policy proposals of neoliberal economists such as Milton Friedman and Friedrich Hayek. It was best manifested in the world-wide trend towards privatization, involving more than one hundred countries.

scholarly journals Transnational Advocacy Networks of Migrants and Asylum Seekers’ Human Rights: The San Diego—Tijuana Border in the Trump Era

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 144
Author(s):  
Philippe Stoesslé ◽  
Valeria Patiño Díaz ◽  
Yetzi Rosales Martínez
Keyword(s):  
San Diego ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
Transnational Advocacy ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Advocacy Networks ◽  
Advocacy Organizations ◽  
Transnational Advocacy Networks ◽  
New Policies ◽  
Information Values

How do advocacy organizations from the San Diego—Tijuana area contest and resist Trump’s immigration policies? What resources and tactics do they use to externalize their demands at the local and international levels? Based on semi-structured interviews with eight advocacy organizations—with a local, binational, and international presence—that have mobilized to externalize their demands on different local and international arenas, this research aims to answer these questions by applying the transnational advocacy networks literature to the mentioned case study. Our main findings show that transnational relations between advocacy organizations represent a counterbalance to Trump’s immigration policies. Some organizations have adapted to react to a set of new policies implemented by the administration, and, at the same time, they have diffused information, values, and ideas as part of their resistance tactics. Through transnational advocacy networks, local organizations have accomplished international relevance, turning into key players of advocacy in the region. These networks demonstrate that, despite Trump’s restricting immigration policies, transnational channels between these actors remain open for collective action.

scholarly journals The Online Representation of Palliative Care by Practice, Policy, and Advocacy Organizations: Definitional Variations and Discursive Tensions

2021 ◽  
pp. 104973232110438
Author(s):  
Marjolein Matthys ◽  
Naomi Dhollander ◽  
Leen Van Brussel ◽  
Kim Beernaert ◽  
Benedicte Deforche ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Death And Dying ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Policy Advocacy ◽  
Care Policy ◽  
Advocacy Organizations ◽  
The Public ◽  
Negative Beliefs ◽  
Total Care

Negative beliefs and a lack of clarity surrounding the meaning of palliative care have been widely reported as obstacles to its uptake. Information available to the public possibly contributes to this. A descriptive and discourse-theoretical analysis was conducted of information spread online by palliative care policy, advocacy, and practice organizations. Discrepancies were found in the way palliative care was defined in relation to curative, end-of-life, terminal, and supportive care. Beyond these definitional variations, meaning was generated through the representation of palliative care as a culture, connected to total care, compassion, and openness. Tensions arose around the concepts of autonomy, a natural death, and an emphasis on the quality of life away from death and dying. Overall, this study showed that the online information of palliative care is a potential source of confusion and might even contribute to its stigmatization. Insights are provided that may help improve clarity toward the public.

scholarly journals Spatial Analysis of Local Government Fiscal Condition in Nebraska

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Maher ◽  
Mahbubul Majumder ◽  
Wei-Jie Liao ◽  
Yansi Liao
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Patterns ◽  
Financial Distress ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Policy Advocacy ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Advocacy Organizations ◽  
Public Resources ◽  
Local Officials ◽  
Uncertain Future

Many state governments, local officials, academics and even policy advocacy organizations continue to seek models and approaches that will help them assess the probability of municipal financial distress and crisis as we face an uncertain future. Local communities meet challenges where important decisions will need to be made about how to efficiently and effectively allocate scarce public resources with limited capacity. This research aims at examining the spatial patterns of local governments’ fiscal condition. It provides the analysis of municipal fiscal condition based on spatial patterns, more specifically, the proximity of a municipality to the urban centers of Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska.

scholarly journals U.S. Policymaking to Address Menstruation: Advancing an Equity Agenda

2020 ◽  
pp. 539-549
Author(s):  
Jennifer Weiss-Wolf
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
The United States ◽  
Financial Impact ◽  
Economic Opportunity ◽  
Policy Advocacy ◽  
Gender Parity ◽  
Direct Linkage ◽  
Policy Proposals ◽  
Recent Policy

Abstract Weiss-Wolf explains why the menstrual equity frame—which makes the case for an agenda that advances systemic solutions to address the societal and financial impact of menstruation—is distinct in its direct linkage to core principles of democratic participation, citizen engagement, gender parity, and economic opportunity. She describes a social movement that has coalesced in the United States and details recent policy advocacy in which momentum has been both unusually bipartisan and swift. She also shows how related tools can be leveraged—in particular, law and litigation, coupled with extensive use of traditional and social media. Finally, Weiss-Wolf concludes with a preview of policy proposals ripe for further advocacy.

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