Decentralised Education Policy in Indonesia

Ergonomics policy in Indonesia.

Workers' conditions in accordance with their place of work are different from one area to another, especially in this reformation era where there are immense alterations in politics shown from the centralized government shifting to decentralization and district autonomy. Ergonomics problems in Indonesia are reviewed. In home industries, workers have to adjust themselves to their jobs, and ergon...

Regional Dimensions of Monetary Policy in Indonesia

Beyond states and markets: Centralised and decentralised networks in education

This work in progress is intended as a contribution to the current politics of education. I attempt to identify strategic points of intervention in the current context that might help to reconsolidate education’s role as a social institution that orchestrates learning and advances social justice. My aim is to move beyond current characterisations of education politics, best seen in debates abou...

Competitiveness and Public-private Partnerships: towards a More Decentralised Policy

In this contribution, we analyse the pattern of the so-called PIP (Partnerships and Public Initiatives) that have been approved between 2000 and mid-2003 in the POE framework. In particular, we will evaluate the extent of decentralisation that this new instrument has generated in competitiveness policy. Partnership approaches are a relatively recent phenomenon, but partnerships have received wi...

Issues with Language Policy and Planning in Iranian Higher Education

In this study, we attempt to bring to light various organisational and implementational clashes relevant to the conceptualisation of language policies at national level, and the planning of local practices with regard to degree programmes, language journals and conferences in Iranian higher education. We also prove that in its current status, the ELT syllabus in Iran, both at national and local...