Peopling Policy Processes? Methodological Populism in the Bangladesh Health and Education Sectors
Policy-makers are often seen as being out of touch with the communities they serve. But closing the “gap” between policy makers and people is not straightforward. An experimental initiative in Bangladesh known as the “reality check” attempted to influence policy makers in the health and education sectors by providing them with ‘light touch’ ethnographic data about how ongoing reforms were experienced at community level over a five year period. The case is analyzed through a lens of a “methodological populism” and while it achieved only limited traction with policy makers it generated important questions about what can be considered as acceptable evidence for policy.
Date:
15 May 2018, 14:00
Venue:
Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street OX1 2PH
Venue Details:
Headley Lecture Theatre
Speaker:
David Lewis (LSE)
Organising department:
St Antony's College
Organisers:
Mallica Kumbera Landrus (Ashmolean),
Rosalind O'Hanlon (Oriental Institute, Oxford),
Matthew McCartney
Organiser contact email address:
asian@sant.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
Modern South Asia Seminar
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Maxime Dargaud-Fons
