Soft Governance, International Organizations and Education Policy Convergence Comparing PISA and the Bologna and Copenhagen Processes /

• Main Author: Bieber, Tonia (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Series: Transformations of the State
• Subjects: Education.; Public policy.; International organization.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Higher education.; Public administration.; Education and state.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Higher Education.; Public Policy.; Public Administration.; Education Policy.; International Organization.

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 app...

Table of Contents:

• 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.