THEORETICAL APPROXIMATIONS TO PUBLIC POLICIES WITH AN INTERCULTURAL APPROACH IN UNIVERSITIES OF PERU

Abstract

Interculturality in Peru is associated with cultural diversity, this fact redefines the role of the state including interculturality in a transversal way throughout its management. Public universities have adapted their policies to the needs of contemporary societies. The objectives of the study were the following: To analyze the theoretical approaches of public policies with an intercultural approach in the universities of Peru, and describe the characteristics of public policies with an intercultural approach in the global, Latin American and national context. The methodology used started from the preparatory, descriptive, interpretive, theoretical construction phase and finally the publication. Research advances indicate that public policies with an intercultural approach in Peruvian universities are in an embryonic stage, with bureaucratic theory, public management theory, institutionalist theory, and functionalism theory being the predominant theories. At the international level, the intercultural approach is oriented towards internationalization and student mobility, while at the national level they are oriented towards the inclusion of vulnerable, Andean and Amazonian populations, which is why the intercultural approach gives Peruvian public universities humanist features. openness to intercultural dialogue through an inclusive public policy.