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The Politics of Policy Resistance: Reconstructing Higher Education in Kosovo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2003

Ian Bache  and
Andrew Taylor
Ian Bache
Affiliation:
Politics, University of Sheffield
Andrew Taylor
Affiliation:
Politics, University of Sheffield
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Abstract

This article considers attempts to incorporate lessons and transfer policies from Britain in the reconstruction of Higher Education in Kosovo after 1999. In doing so, it employs aspects of the lesson-drawing framework developed by Rose (1991 and 2001) and the related concepts of policy transfer and policy diffusion. Drawing on contributions from anthropology and democratization studies, we suggest development of the public policy frameworks for lesson drawing and policy transfer in circumstances characterised by asymmetric interdependence, in which the tactics and strategies of policy resistance by ‘subordinate’ recipient actors can be crucial. This article details the nature of policy resistance and sets out hypotheses for future research.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Public Policy , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , September 2003 , pp. 279 - 300
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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