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Soft Governance, International Organizations and Education Policy Convergence: Comparing PISA and the Bologna and Copenhagen Processes
Tonia Bieber
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Hardback. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 292 pages, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNM; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 191 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
This book examines the extent to which international organizations have shaped reforms in education and training in federalist countries with regards to policy convergence. In advanced democracies, international organizations have become increasingly influential in government activity. This also applies to policy fields that have traditionally been nearly exclusively regulated by the nation-state. How strong is their influence in policy fields like education where they rely on purely soft governance to stimulate national policies? From a political science perspective, three major initiatives are analyzed: the OECD's PISA study, the European Bologna process and the European Union's Copenhagen process. Within a few ... Read more
This book examines the extent to which international organizations have shaped reforms in education and training in federalist countries with regards to policy convergence. In advanced democracies, international organizations have become increasingly influential in government activity. This also applies to policy fields that have traditionally been nearly exclusively regulated by the nation-state. How strong is their influence in policy fields like education where they rely on purely soft governance to stimulate national policies? From a political science perspective, three major initiatives are analyzed: the OECD's PISA study, the European Bologna process and the European Union's Copenhagen process. Within a few ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Transformations of the State
Condition
New
Weight
515g
Number of Pages
273
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137476944
SKU
V9781137476944
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99-15
About Tonia Bieber
Tonia Bieber is Policy Advisor to the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany. Before, she was Senior Researcher at the Kolleg-Forschergruppe `Transformative Power of Europe' of Otto-Suhr-Institute, Free University of Berlin, and at the Collaborative Research Center `Transformations of the State', University of Bremen, Germany. She has published on multilevel governance, international organizations, European integration in education and training ... Read more
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