The limits of post-apartheid education policy: knowledge, power and community mobilization for education rights in South Africa

Title: The limits of post-apartheid education policy: knowledge, power and community mobilization for education rights in South Africa
Creator: Spreen, Carol Anne; Vally, Salim; Thapliyal, Nisha
Relation: World Studies in Education Vol. 13, Issue 2, p. 51-65
Publisher: James Nicholas Publishers
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2012
Description: In this paper we show the ways in which advocacy by progressive social movements presents new possibilities for democratic participation in policy making. We look at how formal policy making has been transformed by social movements through: i) forms of citizen participation; ii) situated knowledge production; and iii) the insertion of rights-based discourse into education policy debates. This paper reflects on the possibilities for democratic approaches in education policy-making that have emerged through collaborative research between community-based social movements and the Education Rights Project in South Africa. The discussion focuses on the strengths and possibilities of action research for transforming education.
Subject: education policy; community mobilization; education rights; participatory action research
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1340475
Identifier: uon:28487
Identifier: ISSN:1441-340X
Language: eng
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