CARICOM Caribbean's HRD 2030 Strategy: Inscribing the Neoliberal Imaginary through Social Planning?

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  • Author(s): Brissett, Nigel O. M. (ORCID Brissett, Nigel O. M. (ORCID 0000-0003-1740-7459)
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Globalisation, Societies and Education. 2023 21(1):1-14.
  • Publication Date:
    2023
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      14
    • Subject Terms:
      Global Approach; Knowledge Economy; Human Capital; Labor Force Development; Educational Change; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Neoliberalism; Discourse Analysis; Social Planning; Foreign Countries
    • Subject Terms:
      Caribbean
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/14767724.2021.2013166
    • ISSN:
      1476-7724
      1476-7732
    • Abstract:
      The globalisation's 'knowledge economy' has created a new set of human capital requirements. The guiding policy and planning document, "The CARICOM Human Resource Development 2030 Strategy: Unlocking Caribbean Human Potential" document, 'serves as a roadmap for the CARICOM Caribbean's responses to these human capital demands. I conduct a critical analysis of this document's policy discourses to ascertain their core values and strategies, as well as their implications for the education and development of the CARICOM Caribbean. I find that the emergent discourses and ideas -- neoliberal education reform and state-led social planning -- provide a cautionary tale of the potential impact of educational change driven by the neoliberal imaginary of globalisation. A chief concern is that as the discourse of "education as a tool for social planning" is utilised according to a neoliberal logic of the "education system operational reform" discourse, the deep social development problems already characterising Caribbean education and other development challenges, may very well be exacerbated.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2023
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1377511