Policy Translation of Social Movement Demands: The Case of Free-Tuition in Higher Education in Chile

Autor/inn/en	Veliz, Daniela; Pickenpack, Astrid; Villalobos, Cristóbal
Titel	Policy Translation of Social Movement Demands: The Case of Free-Tuition in Higher Education in Chile
Quelle	In: Berkeley Review of Education, 11 (2022) 2, S.118-140 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Veliz, Daniela) ORCID (Pickenpack, Astrid) ORCID (Villalobos, Cristóbal)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Educational Policy; Policy Formation; Political Attitudes; Discourse Analysis; Social Change; Commercialization; Activism; Educational Change; Family Income; Tuition; Paying for College; Chile + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politische Betätigung; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Diskursanalyse; Sozialer Wandel; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Bildungsreform; Familieneinkommen; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Studienfinanzierung
Abstract	In 2011, Chile experienced massive student protests against the marketization of education. During 2013, center-left President Michelle Bachelet proposed tuition-free higher education for Chile's families in the bottom 70th percentile of the income distribution, fueling controversy due to the uncertainty and unexpected consequences of the policy. This study analyzes how the tuition-free policy was developed, the actors involved, the political discourse deployed during implementation, and the strategy used to make this policy a reality. Using semi-structured interviews with key actors, such as policymakers and scholars, and a review of newspaper columns, we explore how politicians and bureaucrats translated the students' demands into the tuition-free policy. Our findings suggest that the policy translation process included the involvement of former student leaders, prioritization of the tuition-free policy, and a quick, straightforward implementation process that enabled the government to fulfill its promise. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Berkeley Graduate School of Education, University of California, 5648 Tolman Hall, Berkeley, CA 94702. Tel: 510-328-3701; e-mail: bre_editor@berkeley.edu; Web site: https://escholarship.org/uc/ucbgse_bre
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01