Private-led policy transfer: the adoption of sector skills councils in Chile

Bravo, P., Valiente, O. , Hurrell, S. and Capsada-Munsech, Q. (2022) Private-led policy transfer: the adoption of sector skills councils in Chile. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, (doi: 10.1080/03057925.2022.2133535) (Early Online Publication)

Abstract

This study investigates the adoption process of a TVET policy, usually driven by the state, by private actors. Considering a Cultural Political Economy analytical approach, we use the adoption of Sector Skills Councils in three Chilean sectors (mining, wine, maintenance) to examine the different factors that explain the process. We draw on interviews with key informants at the sectoral and national levels, sectoral documents, and press articles. Our analysis shows that the framing actions of a local policy entrepreneur and their interaction with neoliberal political-economic institutions were key to explaining the policy’s attractiveness for private actors. Furthermore, economic and organisational conditions at the sectoral level explain why these three sectors adopted SSCs. We offer further insights about the TVET policy transfer process from the perspective of local and sectoral actors, and in particular, the role of non-state actors.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Early Online Publication
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Valiente, Professor Oscar and Bravo, Ms Paulina and Hurrell, Dr Scott and Capsada-Munsech, Dr Queralt
• Authors: Bravo, P., Valiente, O., Hurrell, S., and Capsada-Munsech, Q.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > Adam Smith Business School > Management; College of Social Sciences > School of Education; College of Social Sciences > School of Education > Educational Leadership & Policy
• Journal Name: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• ISSN: 0305-7925
• ISSN (Online): 1469-3623
• Published Online: 02 November 2022
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2022 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education 2022
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons licence

Project Code	Award No	Project Name	Principal Investigator	Funder's Name	Funder Ref	Lead Dept
172556		Newton RCUK-CONICYT Governing the educational and labour market trajectories of secondary TVET graduates in Chile	Oscar Valiente	Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)	ES/N019229/1	ED - The Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change