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How unpopular policies are made:
policy making in South Africa,
Bangladesh and Singapore
I Palmary
With
Thea De Gruchy, Ashraf Ali and Brenda Yeoh
Presentation to UN-Wider conference
5 October 2017
Ingrid.palmary@wits.ac.za
______________________________________________________________________________
African Centrefor Migration & Society,
School of Social Sciences, University of the
Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
Background to Migrating out of
Poverty
Migrating out of Poverty Research Programme
Consortium focuses on the relationship between
internal and regional migration and poverty in
Africa and Asia. It is funded by the UK’s
Department for International Development and
coordinated out of the University of Sussex.
www.migratingoutofpoverty.dfid.gov.uk
______________________________________________________________________________
African Centrefor Migration & Society,
School of Social Sciences, University of the
Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
Dilemmas of policy change in the
global South
• Why and how does policy change?
• Northern based theories don’t quit fit
– Presumptions of influence not evidence based
(knowledge-oriented and problem-oriented
assumptions)
– Resource poverty, institutional weakness, politicised
policy contexts (Vanyoro 2015).
• Protectivemigrationpolicies are largely
unpopular
• But strong demand to see research uptake into
policy
______________________________________________________________________________
African Centrefor Migration & Society,
School of Social Sciences, University of the
Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
Methods (a rough sketch)
• Qualitative using process tracing
• Stakeholder mapping
• Document analysis (varied)
• Key informant interviews
• Limitations: recall bias, access
• All 3 case studies tested a combination of 3-Is
framework and ACF
______________________________________________________________________________
African Centrefor Migration & Society,
School of Social Sciences, University of the
Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
Background to the case studies
Bangladesh
• Domestic Workers Protection and Welfare Policy
(DWPWP) (Refugee and Migratory Movements
Research Unit, University of Dhaka)
• Regulates and protects domestic workers
excluded from the labour Act
• Female and migrant workforce
• Clear coalitions (Sabatier, 2014).
• Shaped by human rights debates, international
conventions
______________________________________________________________________________
African Centrefor Migration & Society,
School of Social Sciences, University of the
Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
Singapore
• Mandatory day off policy for migrant domestic
workers (Asia Research institute, National
University of Singapore)
• Ageing population, high formal employment
• Exclusion of MDW from Employment Act
• Strong state but also activism, international
reputation and better conditions for MDW in
other countries
______________________________________________________________________________
African Centrefor Migration & Society,
School of Social Sciences, University of the
Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
South Africa
• Trafficking in Persons Act (African Centre for
Migration & Society, University of the
Witwatersrand)
– 2 clear coalitions
– Also international influences (NGOs and
conventions
– Shaky evidence and weak connection between
research and policy
– High popular and political commitment
______________________________________________________________________________
African Centrefor Migration & Society,
School of Social Sciences, University of the
Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
Conceptualising policy change
• Early focus was on networksor institutions
• Assumed rationality
• Sabatier, Jenkins –Smith and Muller share
“The goal of establishing the importanceof the dynamics
of the social constructionof reality in the shaping of
historicallyspecific and socially legitimateframes and
practices” (Surel, 2000: 495).
• 3-Is+N was most relevant adding from ACF and Risse
(1999)
• Most still assume too great a degree of evidence based
policy making
______________________________________________________________________________
African Centrefor Migration & Society,
School of Social Sciences, University of the
Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
Findings: 6 factors impacting policy
change
1. The nature of the policy being made
– Protective, vulnerable groups
– Nevertheless unpopular
– Gendered and sometimes “private”
– Question about whether regulation was
appropriate
– High public interest
______________________________________________________________________________
African Centrefor Migration & Society,
School of Social Sciences, University of the
Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
Findings: 6 factors impacting policy
change
2. Who is the policy for?
– Poor, migrant, women
– Emphasis on morality and creation of moral panics
– Unaffected by international or internal migration
– Economic costs and benefits and connection to
skilled / unskilled movement
______________________________________________________________________________
African Centrefor Migration & Society,
School of Social Sciences, University of the
Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
Findings: 6 factors impacting policy
change
3. Who are the role players?
– International actors
• Long-term local activism with international activism as
trigger
• International reputation matters
• Conventions seem to matter less (didn’t speed up
policy development)
– Which women?
• Affected women were not advocates
• Impacted on the advocacy messages
______________________________________________________________________________
African Centrefor Migration & Society,
School of Social Sciences, University of the
Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
Findings: 6 factors impacting policy
change
3. Who are the role players cont….
– Coalitions
• Were formed in all cases
• Lacked expertise on policy drafting
– Civil servants
• Own investments
• Invisible force
______________________________________________________________________________
African Centrefor Migration & Society,
School of Social Sciences, University of the
Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
Findings: 6 factors impacting policy
change
4. The positions taken
– Moral / ethical with support from legal / human
rights discourse
– Those against emphasised feasibility, expense
– Concessions are inevitable
______________________________________________________________________________
African Centrefor Migration & Society,
School of Social Sciences, University of the
Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
Findings: 6 factors impacting policy
change
5. Contestations over knowledge
– Problematic use of research
– Focus was on abuses
– Loose understanding of evidence
– Research was contested
– Research was passively consumed
______________________________________________________________________________
African Centrefor Migration & Society,
School of Social Sciences, University of the
Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
Findings: 6 factors impacting policy
change
6. The political environment
– Took approximately 10 years for policy to change
– Relationship between NGOs and policy makers
– Ethos of the state (permanent State and the role
of bureaucrats)
______________________________________________________________________________
African Centrefor Migration & Society,
School of Social Sciences, University of the
Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
Conclusions
• Need to attend to the relationship between
global and local processes
• 3-Is works as checklist with adjustments (an
emphasis on where to look rather than what
causes change)
• ACF was too rigid but useful when used
selectively
______________________________________________________________________________
African Centrefor Migration & Society,
School of Social Sciences, University of the
Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za

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How unpopular policies are made: Policy making in South Africa, Bangladesh and Singapore

  • 1. How unpopular policies are made: policy making in South Africa, Bangladesh and Singapore I Palmary With Thea De Gruchy, Ashraf Ali and Brenda Yeoh Presentation to UN-Wider conference 5 October 2017 Ingrid.palmary@wits.ac.za ______________________________________________________________________________ African Centrefor Migration & Society, School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
  • 2. Background to Migrating out of Poverty Migrating out of Poverty Research Programme Consortium focuses on the relationship between internal and regional migration and poverty in Africa and Asia. It is funded by the UK’s Department for International Development and coordinated out of the University of Sussex. www.migratingoutofpoverty.dfid.gov.uk ______________________________________________________________________________ African Centrefor Migration & Society, School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
  • 3. Dilemmas of policy change in the global South • Why and how does policy change? • Northern based theories don’t quit fit – Presumptions of influence not evidence based (knowledge-oriented and problem-oriented assumptions) – Resource poverty, institutional weakness, politicised policy contexts (Vanyoro 2015). • Protectivemigrationpolicies are largely unpopular • But strong demand to see research uptake into policy ______________________________________________________________________________ African Centrefor Migration & Society, School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
  • 4. Methods (a rough sketch) • Qualitative using process tracing • Stakeholder mapping • Document analysis (varied) • Key informant interviews • Limitations: recall bias, access • All 3 case studies tested a combination of 3-Is framework and ACF ______________________________________________________________________________ African Centrefor Migration & Society, School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
  • 5. Background to the case studies Bangladesh • Domestic Workers Protection and Welfare Policy (DWPWP) (Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit, University of Dhaka) • Regulates and protects domestic workers excluded from the labour Act • Female and migrant workforce • Clear coalitions (Sabatier, 2014). • Shaped by human rights debates, international conventions ______________________________________________________________________________ African Centrefor Migration & Society, School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
  • 6. Singapore • Mandatory day off policy for migrant domestic workers (Asia Research institute, National University of Singapore) • Ageing population, high formal employment • Exclusion of MDW from Employment Act • Strong state but also activism, international reputation and better conditions for MDW in other countries ______________________________________________________________________________ African Centrefor Migration & Society, School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
  • 7. South Africa • Trafficking in Persons Act (African Centre for Migration & Society, University of the Witwatersrand) – 2 clear coalitions – Also international influences (NGOs and conventions – Shaky evidence and weak connection between research and policy – High popular and political commitment ______________________________________________________________________________ African Centrefor Migration & Society, School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
  • 8. Conceptualising policy change • Early focus was on networksor institutions • Assumed rationality • Sabatier, Jenkins –Smith and Muller share “The goal of establishing the importanceof the dynamics of the social constructionof reality in the shaping of historicallyspecific and socially legitimateframes and practices” (Surel, 2000: 495). • 3-Is+N was most relevant adding from ACF and Risse (1999) • Most still assume too great a degree of evidence based policy making ______________________________________________________________________________ African Centrefor Migration & Society, School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
  • 9. Findings: 6 factors impacting policy change 1. The nature of the policy being made – Protective, vulnerable groups – Nevertheless unpopular – Gendered and sometimes “private” – Question about whether regulation was appropriate – High public interest ______________________________________________________________________________ African Centrefor Migration & Society, School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
  • 10. Findings: 6 factors impacting policy change 2. Who is the policy for? – Poor, migrant, women – Emphasis on morality and creation of moral panics – Unaffected by international or internal migration – Economic costs and benefits and connection to skilled / unskilled movement ______________________________________________________________________________ African Centrefor Migration & Society, School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
  • 11. Findings: 6 factors impacting policy change 3. Who are the role players? – International actors • Long-term local activism with international activism as trigger • International reputation matters • Conventions seem to matter less (didn’t speed up policy development) – Which women? • Affected women were not advocates • Impacted on the advocacy messages ______________________________________________________________________________ African Centrefor Migration & Society, School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
  • 12. Findings: 6 factors impacting policy change 3. Who are the role players cont…. – Coalitions • Were formed in all cases • Lacked expertise on policy drafting – Civil servants • Own investments • Invisible force ______________________________________________________________________________ African Centrefor Migration & Society, School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
  • 13. Findings: 6 factors impacting policy change 4. The positions taken – Moral / ethical with support from legal / human rights discourse – Those against emphasised feasibility, expense – Concessions are inevitable ______________________________________________________________________________ African Centrefor Migration & Society, School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
  • 14. Findings: 6 factors impacting policy change 5. Contestations over knowledge – Problematic use of research – Focus was on abuses – Loose understanding of evidence – Research was contested – Research was passively consumed ______________________________________________________________________________ African Centrefor Migration & Society, School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
  • 15. Findings: 6 factors impacting policy change 6. The political environment – Took approximately 10 years for policy to change – Relationship between NGOs and policy makers – Ethos of the state (permanent State and the role of bureaucrats) ______________________________________________________________________________ African Centrefor Migration & Society, School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za
  • 16. Conclusions • Need to attend to the relationship between global and local processes • 3-Is works as checklist with adjustments (an emphasis on where to look rather than what causes change) • ACF was too rigid but useful when used selectively ______________________________________________________________________________ African Centrefor Migration & Society, School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, info@migration.org.za