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Beskrivning
This book examines the extent to which international organizations have shaped reforms in education and training in federalist countries with regards to policy convergence. 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.
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 policies, and policy convergence. She is the co-editor of Shaping Inequalities: Welfare State Transformation and its Outcomes.
Innehållsförteckning
PART I: FRAMING SOFT GOVERNANCE, EDUCATION AND CONVERGENCE.- Chapter 1. Education in Transition: An Empirical Puzzle.- Chapter 2. Measuring Convergence in Education Policy.- Chapter 3. Soft Governance and Voluntary Policy Convergence: A Theoretical Framework.- Chapter 4. Education Policy-Making in Switzerland: Origins and Trends.- PART II: SWITZERLAND: AN EXTREME CASE.- Chapter 5. Swiss Reforms in Compulsory Education: Drawing Lessons from PISA'a Revelations.- Chapter 6. Swiss Reforms in Higher Education: The Poster Child of the Bologna Process.- Chapter 7. Swiss Reforms in Vocational Education and Training: Cherry-Picking from the Copenhagen Process.- PART III: COMPARATIVE CONCLUSIONS.- Chapter 8. Explaining Convergence in Education Policy.- Chapter 9. Soft Governance in Education: Lessons and Prospects.