Social foundations of public-private partnerships in education: The historical cases of post-war Singapore and Hong Kong

Social foundations of public-private partnerships in education: The historical cases of post-war Singapore and Hong Kong

• Wong, Ting Hong Academia Sinica, Institute of Sociology, Taiwan

History of Education, 44(2), 207-224, 2015

Routledge

2015

• P Social Context of Education
  • PA History of Hong Kong Education
    • PAB History of Hong Kong Education (1945-1997.6)
• P Social Context of Education
  • PB Comparative Education

Educational Development Comparative Education Public-Private Partnership State Educational Policy State and Education Education & Educational Research Social Sciences - Other Topics

• Singapore
• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

This paper compares public-private partnerships (PPPs) in education in post-war Singapore and Hong Kong. After the Second World War the Singapore government shied away from PPPs, while the state in Hong Kong collaborated extensively with the non-state sector in education. Singapore was a small city-state flanked by two Muslim nations, and its post-war regime faced challenges from the Malayan Communist Party. These pressures curbed the state's involvement with missionary and Chinese bodies in education. Hong Kong, however, was a mono-racial society without any anti-Chinese neighbours, and its authorities were seldom challenged by a militant antagonist. Thus, its government was freer to involve non-state agents in education. This study reveals that PPPs are viable only when suitable non-state partners exist and when the state does not believe that such undertakings would expose the school system to an antagonist. It also urges scholars in future to explore the socio-political preconditions for PPPs.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0046760X.2014.979256]

• English

Journal Articles

• 0046760X

• 10.1080/0046760X.2014.979256

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/ba028f42

2015-10-16