New Arenas Of Education Governance
Education policy-making has become a 'hot topic' in many industrialized countries today. Through initiatives by international organizations, such as the OECD's PISA study or the consequences of the GATS negotiations for the marketization in education, this policy field has moved up the political agenda. Few studies, however, have actually tackled these changes in a comprehensive way. This volume provides the most detailed overview of current phenomena in education policy-making and fills a...
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This volume provides the most detailed overview of current phenomena in education policy-making and fills a major gap in the academic literature.
List of Tables viiList of Figures viiiList of Abbreviations ixSeries Preface xiAcknowledgments xiiiList of Contributors xivIntroduction 1New Arenas of Education Governance - The Impact of International Organizations and Markets on Education Policy Making Kathrin Leuze Kerstin Martens Alessandra Rusconi 3International Organizations 17Educational Multilateralism - Origins and Indications for Global Governance Karen Mundy 19How to Become an Influential Actor - The 'Comparative Turn' in OECD Education Policy Kerstin Martens 40From the European Commission to the Member States and Back - A Comparison of the Bologna and the Copenhagen Process Carolin Balzer Alessandra Rusconi 57Towards an International Regime for the Recognition of Higher Education Qualifications - The Empowered Role of UNESCO in the Emerging Global Knowledge-based Economy Eva Hartmann 76Converging Agendas in Education Policy - Lifelong Learning in the World Bank and the International Labour Organization Anja P. Jakobi 95Marketization 115GATS - Commodifying Education via Trade Treaties Christoph Scherrer 117Crossborder Education - Changes and Challenges in Program and Provider Mobility Jane Knight 136Internationalization of Markets for Education? New Actors Within Nations and Increasing Flows Between Nations Reinhold Sackmann 155Characteristics of Growth in the Education Industry - Illustrations from US Education Businesses Guilbert C. Hentschke 176Implications of Marketization for the Perception of Education as Public or Private Good Bettina Kohlrausch Kathrin Leuze 195Concluding Remarks 215New Arenas of Education Governance - Reflections and Directions Roger Dale Susan Robertson 217International Organizations, Markets and the Nation State in Education Governance Ansgar Weymann Kerstin Martens Alessandra Rusconi Kathrin Leuze 229Index 243
