The state, markets and higher education reform in Botswana

Bibliographic Data

ID12726124
AuthorsRichard Tabulawa (0000-0003-0184-4312, University of Botswana, corresponding author), Mino Polelo (University of Botswana), Onalenna Silas (Institutional Planning, University of Botswana)
Year2013
Volume11
Issue1
Pages108-135
Publication date2013-01-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobalisation Societies and Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1476-7724 • E-ISSN: 1476-7732
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14767724.2012.750469
OpenAlexW1967853855
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited64

Market forces are being introduced in public spheres such as higher education and public health, which hitherto were closed to such forces. Ironically, it is the state that is responsible for this process of marketisation. Some see this state action as leading to a growing influence of the state in public policy while others see an attenuation of its role. Critiquing this market–state incompatibility thesis from a geo-spatial perspective on globalisation, this paper calls for an articulation of state–market relations that emphasises their interpenetration. Using Botswana as a case study, the paper argues that although on-going tertiary education reforms in the country are characterised by the state's promotion of market forces this does not mean that the state is retreating, leaving the sub-sector to the vagaries of the market. Contrarily, the state is employing marketisation to reform the sub-sector so that it is responsive to labour and skills demands of an economy aspiring to be knowledge-based

Articulation (sociology · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Economy · Globalization · Higher education · Market economy · Political science · Politics · Promotion (chess · Public sector · State (computer science · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities · Higher Education Governance and Development

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