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Democratizing Higher Education Policy - Constraints of Reform in Post-Apartheid South Africa

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor M.T. Sehoole is a senior lecturer at the University of Pretoria. His publications include Trade in Educational Services: Reflections on the African South African Higher Education System, How Politics Influence Merger Forms and Outcomes, and South African Journal of Education. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung As South Africa moved into a new era of its history, there were major challenges facing the post-apartheid government with regard to the reform of higher education. This book analyzes these challenges, highlighting key constraints in the reform process. It is presented in a narrative style. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. 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 ...

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1. 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

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