Research Activities
Research Projects 2024
Analysis of the Political Consequences of the Student Movement in Chile: On the Policy Change from Neoliberalism to Universal Social Rights
Outline
This research project aims to clarify under what circumstances social movements can or cannot bring about policy change, focusing on the Chilean student movement that demanded a change from neoliberal policies to policies based on universal social rights in higher education. In Chile, neoliberalism was introduced under the military regime, and the policy framework has been maintained while being modified after democratization. In protest against such a situation, the student movement campaigned for universal free higher education from the 2000s to 2018, resulting in a policy intermediate between neoliberalism and universal social rights. This study conducts case studies on this student movement by dividing it into the following four periods: (1) raising the issue of neoliberal education policies (2000s-2010), (2) reform announcements by the administration and ruling and opposition parties (early 2011), (3) widening divergence between student movement demands and policy proposals (late 2011-2013), and (4) resulting in an intermediate policy (2014-2018). This study sets up an analytical framework for case studies in which three factors - the student movement organization, the political context, and the civil society context - act on different phases of the policy process, resulting in political consequences, and clarifies the mechanism of policy change or maintenance that originate in social movements.
Period
April 2024 - March 2025
Members
| Role | Member |
|---|---|
| [ Organizer ] | Miura, Kota |
*Affiliations are as of April 2024.
Expected Outcome
- Book published by External Publisher (Japanese)