Who Makes Education Policy in Latvia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11257106 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Indra Dedze (0000-0001-6407-1324, corresponding author), Guntars Catlaks |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 153-158 |
| Publication date | 2001-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Peabody Journal of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0161-956X • E-ISSN: 1532-7930 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0161956x.2001.9681996 |
| OpenAlex | W2019679552 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Over the last decade, many countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have witnessed significant transformations and reforms in their political systems. These changes have affected the field of education-the mechanisms of its management, financing, and evaluation. It has been necessary to shift the centralized decision-making process prevalent in the time of state socialism and centralized planning to the demands of a new democracy. The problem has been that democracy brings a new opportunity for a broad range of the public to participate in the decision-making process. It is no longer possible for a government to impose its view on the public, regardless of whether it is justified. But how can the public, unused to this role, participate in forming education policy? To whom might they refer for information and opinion? How can the process of designing education policy be organized and managed so that compelling ideas as to the nature of the problem are presented while allowing the public the opportunity to create for themselves the necessary solutions? This article describes the process of education policy-making in Latvia and why it has been complicated. Once the context has been described, the article introduces the new education sector policy paper recently distributed by the Soros Foundation Latvia (SFL), the first paper of its kind in the region
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2022 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |