Does Decentralisation Promote Learning? Local Political Settlements and Education Policies in Indonesia

Autor/inn/en	Sirojuddin Arif; Risa Wardatun Nihayah; Syaikhu Usman; Niken Rarasati
Titel	Does Decentralisation Promote Learning? Local Political Settlements and Education Policies in Indonesia
Quelle	In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 55 (2025) 6, S. 992-1010Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sirojuddin Arif)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925
DOI	10.1080/03057925.2024.2344523
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Foreign Countries; Politics of Education; Educational Policy; Political Influences; Administrative Organization; Learning Processes; Policy Formation; School Districts; Decision Making; Local Government; Educational Quality; Educational Change; Comparative Analysis; Government School Relationship; Administrator Role; Faculty Development; Nongovernmental Organizations; Elementary Secondary Education; Indonesia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Politics of education; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Learning process; Lernprozess; Politische Betätigung; School district; Schulbezirk; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Gemeindeverwaltung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Bildungsreform; Indonesien
Abstract	This article examines the effect of local political settlements on education policies in a decentralised political system. Under what conditions does decentralisation promote learning-enhancing policies? Despite the numerous works on decentralisation and education, little is known about how local politics influences student learning. We develop a novel approach to the politics of education policies by looking at the effect of local political settlements on education policymaking. Using a heuristic case study method comparing three districts in Indonesia, we found that constraints on the discretionary power of the district head over employment decisions in the bureaucracy matter for the development of learning-enhancing policies. Such a constraint can pave the way for the development of the bureaucratic capacity required for local governments to pursue quality-promoting reforms. In the absence of such a constraint, the extent to which district governments will implement learning-enhancing policies depends on district heads' commitment to learning. (As Provided).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2025/4/10