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PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-100415974453

ISBN-139780415974455

eBay Product ID (ePID)45405885

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Number of Pages252 Pages

Publication NameDemocratizing Higher Education Policy : Constraints of Reform in Post-Apartheid South Africa

LanguageEnglish

SubjectEducational Policy & Reform / General, Multicultural Education, Educational Policy & Reform / Federal Legislation, Higher, Political Ideologies / Democracy, Organizations & Institutions

Publication Year2005

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Education

AuthorM. T. Sehoole

SeriesRoutledgefalmer Studies in Higher Education Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight16.8 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2005-005709

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal378.68

Table Of Content1. Introduction 2. Struggling apartheid education 3. From resistance to reconstruction: preparing to govern 4. Assuming the power of the state 5. Bureaucratic past and democratic future 6. Change commissioned 7. The state assumes control 8. Policy literacy and organisational learning 9. Conclusion

SynopsisThis book was written with the a purpose of analyzing the challenges faced by the post-apartheid government in South Africa with regard to reform of higher education., This book was written with the purpose of analyzing the challenges faced by the post-apartheid government in South Africa with regard to reform of higher education. It covers the apartheid context of higher education, resistance to the system and its ultimate demise, democratic processes in post-apartheid reform agenda and how this agenda was emptied of its radical content as a result of global and local pressures. Highlighted are key constraints in the reform process, including the compromise pact agreed upon between the apartheid government and the ruling African National Congress, the rapidly globalizing environment underpinned by neoliberal principles within which South Africa's transition took place, shifts in macro-economic policies of government towards neo-liberal policy, the inheritance of the bureaucracy and the inexperience of new government officials. These are presented in a narrative style that combines the author's experience, the voices of key players involved and important data from a range of documentary sources. This is the first single authored book in post-apartheid South African that has systematically looked at higher education reform., This book was written with the a purpose of analyzing the challenges faced by the post-apartheid government in South Africa with regard to reform of higher education. The book covers the apartheid context of higher education, resistance to the system and its ultimate demise, democratic processes in post-apartheid reform agenda and how this agenda was emptied of its radical content as a reult of global and local pressures. The book highlights key constraints in the reform process, namely the compromise pact agreed upon between the apartheid government and the ruling African National Congress, the rapidly globalizing environment underpinned by neoliberal principles within which South Africa's transition took place, shifts in macro-economic policies of government towards neo-liberal policy, the inheritance of the bureaucracy and the inexperience of new government officials. These are presented in a narrative style that combines the author's experience, the voices of key players involved and important data from arange of documentary sources. This is the first single authored book in post-apartheid South African that has systematically looked at higher education reform. The voices of actors, the insiders perspectives, narratives and analyses of their experiences on the complexities of reform, constitute some of the selling points of the book.

LC Classification NumberLC180.S6S45 2005