Time variable in policy transfer analysis: the experience of the higher education program “Manutención” in Mexico



Document title: Time variable in policy transfer analysis: the experience of the higher education program “Manutención” in Mexico
Journal: Revista mexicana de análisis político y administración pública
Database: CLASE
System number: 000469691
ISSN: 2007-4638
Authors: 1
Institutions: 1Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas A.C, Ciudad de México. México
Year:
Season: Jul-Dic
Volumen: 4
Number: 2
Pages: 13-38
Country: México
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
Spanish abstract En los últimos años, conceptos como “aprendizaje”, “difusión” y “transferencia” han tomado relevancia en el análisis de políticas públicas. Como señalan Levi Faur y VigodaGadot, “Policy lessons are increasingly drawn on a cross-national basis rather than on national experience” (2006, p. 248). A pesar del creciente interés en estos campos de estudio, pocos investigadores han incluido la variable tiempo en sus análisis. Esto significa que los resultados de sus investigaciones se han limitado a los hallazgos en el momento de la transferencia o difusión de una política. De esta forma, se han excluido análisis de largo plazo. Este artículo analiza el programa “Manutención”, anteriormente Programa de Becas Nacionales para la Educación Superior (Pronabes), y que tiene entre sus principales objetivos la reducción de las desigualdades en el acceso a la educación superior en México. La evidencia empírica señala que una explicación más detallada y consistente del proceso de transferencia resulta de considerar la variable tiempo. Esta última se encuentran ausente en los análisis de autores como Dolowitz y Marsh (2000), Marsh y Sharman (2009) o Richard Rose (1991). Partimos del siguiente argumento: Al incluir la variable tiempo se amplía el marco de análisis del proceso de difusión/transferencia, como resultado se consideran diversos process of adoption by the recipient institution reflected in the operating rules and the reasons why the stakeholders chose the transfer. It should be noted that the text does not look to affirm the existence of a single form in which the time variable affects public policy transfers, but rather seeks to highlight the importance of this variable in this field of research
English abstract In recent years concepts such as “lesson-drawing”, “policy diffusion” and “policy transfer” have become relevant in public policy analysis. As Levi Faur and Vigoda-Gadot point out, “Policy lessons are increasingly drawn on a cross-national basis rather than on national experience” (2006, p. 248). Despite growing interest in these fields, few researchers have included a time variable in their analyses. This means that the results of these research projects have been limited to findings at the moment of diffusion or transfer, and have excluded long-term analysis. This paper analyzes the “Manutención” program, previously the National Higher Education Scholarship Program or Pronabes, which address inequality in access to higher education in Mexico. The empirical data shows that a more detailed and consistent explanation of a policy transfer process should consider the time variable, which is absent in the analysis of authors such as Dolowitz and Marsh (2000), Marsh and Sharman (2009) or Richard Rose (1991). I propose the following argument: Including the time variable will broaden the frame of analysis of the process of diffusion/transfer, resulting in the consideration of diverse elements that will help to achieve a richer explanation; these include the different moments in which a transfer uses information from international sources, the process of adoption by the recipient institution reflected in the operating rules and the reasons why the stakeholders chose the transfer. It should be noted that the text does not look to affirm the existence of a single form in which the time variable affects public policy transfers, but rather seeks to highlight the imp
Disciplines: Educación,
Ciencia política
Keyword: Educación superior,
Gobierno,
Planeación y políticas educativas,
Políticas públicas,
Transferencia de políticas,
Variabilidad temporal,
Políticas públicas,
México
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