School Notes
Date posted: Ìý Apr 07, 2022
Drawing upon lessons fromÌýthe same-sex marriage and abortion reform campaigns, this study providesÌýseveral policy case studies that demonstrate how the interplay of civil societyÌýactivists and organisations, the media, public opinion, and political partiesÌýand elites determines how policy reforms live or die.Ìý
Ìý contains a rich and novel set of data, including interviews with leaders and elites from the major actors and institutions, numbers and trends from previously unreleased data from the Church and Department of Education, evidence from the authors’ originally designed and implemented parliamentary surveys, an original analysis of media coverage of educational issues and actors involved in the main educational reform debates, and detailed case studies of divestment, admissions, and curriculum policy reforms.Ìý