TY - JOUR
T1 - The policy cycle and vernacular globalization
T2 - A case study of the creation of Vietnam National University'Hochiminh City
AU - Minh Ngo, Thanh
AU - Lingard, Bob
AU - Mitchell, Jane
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: Journal title (773t) = Comparative Education: an international journal of comparative studies. ISSNs: 0305-0068;
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - This article examines the policy cycle and vernacular globalization in the context of higher education reform in Vietnam. Through an analysis of the development of the Vietnam National University'Hochiminh City as part of the post-1986 reconstruction of Vietnamese higher education, the article considers the complex interrelationship between globalized policy discourses, national interests and history in Vietnam, and the specific politics of policy implementation within one institution. Vietnam National University'Hochiminh City was created through an amalgamation of a number of smaller universities, and against the backdrop of social and economic restructuring aimed at promoting industrialization and a market orientation within socialist governance. The article reveals the dynamic tension between these local and global influences on higher education policy and practice, and more specifically, the dilemmas associated with top-down policy implementation when a new organization consists of older organizations with powerful provenance and reputations. In so doing the article demonstrates the necessity to globalize policy theory
AB - This article examines the policy cycle and vernacular globalization in the context of higher education reform in Vietnam. Through an analysis of the development of the Vietnam National University'Hochiminh City as part of the post-1986 reconstruction of Vietnamese higher education, the article considers the complex interrelationship between globalized policy discourses, national interests and history in Vietnam, and the specific politics of policy implementation within one institution. Vietnam National University'Hochiminh City was created through an amalgamation of a number of smaller universities, and against the backdrop of social and economic restructuring aimed at promoting industrialization and a market orientation within socialist governance. The article reveals the dynamic tension between these local and global influences on higher education policy and practice, and more specifically, the dilemmas associated with top-down policy implementation when a new organization consists of older organizations with powerful provenance and reputations. In so doing the article demonstrates the necessity to globalize policy theory
U2 - 10.1080/03050060600628082
DO - 10.1080/03050060600628082
M3 - Article
VL - 42
SP - 225
EP - 242
JO - Comparative Education
JF - Comparative Education
SN - 0305-0068
IS - 2
ER -