Abstract:
Punctuated equilibrium’s theory was put forward by western scholars on the basis of western political system. This theory is widely used to study the process of political formulation and policy change. This theory focuses on the long-term policy change process, which puts the policy process on the dual basis of political system and bounded rational policy formulation. Applying this theory to analyze the changes of China’s basic education policy since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, it is found that it has gone through three major stages: policy balance period, policy discontinuity period and policy new balance period, showing an obvious development vein of punctuated equilibrium. By studying the historical changes of long-term equilibrium and short-term mutation of China’s basic education policy, we can find its internal mechanism.
间断平衡理论是西方学者基于西方政治制度提出的,该理论被广泛应用于研究政治制定及政策变迁过程。该理论聚焦于长期的政策变迁过程,将政策过程置于政治制度与有限理性政策制定的双重基础之上。运用此理论分析新中国成立以来中国基础教育政策变迁,可发现其历经了政策平衡期——政策间断期——政策新平衡期三大阶段,呈现出明显的间断平衡发展脉络。通过研究中国基础教育政策长期均衡和短期突变的历史变迁,可揭示其内在机理。