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Why Do Parties Not Make a Difference? An Examination of the Causes of Education Policy Outputs in Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Alberta
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Why Do Parties Not Make a Difference? An Examination of the Causes of Education Policy Outputs in Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Alberta
Yazar:
Chamanfar, Saman, author.
ISBN:
9780438127296
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1 electronic resource (304 pages)
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11(E), Section: A.
Advisors: Rodney Haddow Committee members: Chris Cochrane; Phil Triadafilopoulos.
Özet:
This study seeks to explain why partisanship---contrary to what we might expect based on the findings of other studies concerning social policies---is generally not a useful explanatory variable when examining the primary and secondary education policies of three Canadian provinces (Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Alberta) during two periods (the 1970s and 1990-2008). Four specific areas of the education sector of the provinces will be examined: objectives of curricula; spending; ministry relations with school boards; and government policies concerning private and charter schools. Utilizing a qualitative approach and building on the findings of other studies on provincial education systems, it will be argued that in order to understand why the three provinces generally adopted similar policies in both periods, regardless of the differences in the ideologies of governing parties, we need to consider the causal effect of key ideas in both periods. In addition, it will be shown that opposition parties in most instances did not present policies that differed from those of governing parties or criticize the policies of such parties. This will further illustrate the limited usefulness of adopting a partisanship lens when seeking to understand the policy positions of various parties in the provinces concerning the education sector. Partisanship will be shown to be a partially useful explanatory variable only in the second period when seeking to understand the level of spending, though not the general patterns (i.e. periods of cutbacks or expansions), and why particular policies concerning private and charter schools were implemented. This study will also allow us to better understand how and why particular policies related to dominant ideas were transferred between policy actors in different jurisdictions.
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School code: 0779
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