An Analysis of the Setting of Educational Policy Agenda under the Perspective of “Multiple-Streams Theory”—Taking the Promulgation of “Several Provisions Prohibiting Obstacles to Compulsory Education” as an Example

Abstract

The problem of “active dropout” for urban children is a new problem faced by the work of “controlling dropouts” in compulsory education. This article uses a case study method to analyze the policy agenda of “Several Provisions Pro- hibiting Obstacles to Compulsory Education Implementation” from the pers- pective of Multiple-Streams Theory. The results show that: in this case, the three streams in the Multiple-Streams framework interact with each other and basically follow the development trajectory of “problem source-political source stream-policy source stream” in the Chinese context of the Mul- tiple-Streams Theory; The opening of the window is a unity of contingency and inevitability; Key policy entrepreneurs actively advocated and played a huge role in the eventual establishment of the policy agenda. Keywords