THE BENEFITS AND OBSTACLES OF PRIE-SCHOOL EDUCATION SERVICE CO-PRODUCTION IN LITHUANIA Cover Image

THE BENEFITS AND OBSTACLES OF PRIE-SCHOOL EDUCATION SERVICE CO-PRODUCTION IN LITHUANIA
THE BENEFITS AND OBSTACLES OF PRIE-SCHOOL EDUCATION SERVICE CO-PRODUCTION IN LITHUANIA

Author(s): Jaroslav Dvorak, Gabrielė Burbulytė – Tsiskarishvili, Edita Stumbraitė-Vilkišienė
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Governance, Public Administration
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: education sevices; policy, transfer; governance

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the benefits and obstacles of prie-school education service co-production in Lithuania. The methodology of the current research is based on the combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods. During the present research, the managers of the kindergardens and the active parents (involved in NGO‘s) were surveyed. The questionnaires were developed based on the contemporary literature in the field of co-production. Three focus groups were organized by interviewing NGO‘s representatives, local politicians and public servants from the Klaipėda municipality. According the research findings citizens‘ involvment in co-production implied as political participation. There are few main obstacles for development of co-production at local level: lack of clear tool for the involvment; the question of legitimacy.

  • Issue Year: 8/2017
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 35-54
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English