Die sogenaamde gaping tussen getuienis en beleid: Die geval van die De Lange-verslag

Abstract

History is full of 'accidents and conjunctures and curious juxtapositions of events' and it demonstrates to us the 'complexity of human change and the unpredictable character of the ultimate consequences of any given act or decision of men. Butterfield soos aangehaal deur Feyerabend (2010:1) Navorsings-en oorsigartikels / Research and review articles (2) JS (KobuS) WeSSelS (DPhil, Universiteit van Pretoria) is ʼn navorsingsprofessor in Publieke Administrasie aan Unisa. Sy navorsing fokus op betekenisvolle kennis in Publieke Administrasie. Hy is mederedakteur van en bydraer tot verskeie vakkundige boeke, outeur en mede-outeur van meer as 40 portuurbeoordeelde bydraes, asook verskeie ander publikasies en verslae.

Meaningful knowledge about public administration: Epistemological and methodological antecedents

“…Both these high-level investigating bodies were appointed to advise the government-of-the-day on policy changes. In both cases, the relevant government-of-theday accepted only some of the findings (Wessels & Pauw, 2018;Wessels, 2021c).…”

“…This epistemology implies that knowledge precedes and determines practice and contributes to evidence-based policymaking. Two noteworthy South African examples of attempts to inform policy decisions by dedicated studies are the 1981 investigation by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) on education provision in South Africa (HSRC, 1981;Collins & Gillespie, 1984;Wessels & Pauw, 2018;Pauw & Van Zyl, 2021) and the Commission of Inquiry into Higher Education and Training (CEHET, 2017). Both these high-level investigating bodies were appointed to advise the government-of-the-day on policy changes.…”