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Education in political science : discovering a neglected field / edited by Anja P. Jakobi, Kerstin Martens, and Klaus Dieter Wolf.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; 63.
- Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; 63
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education and state.
- Political science--Research.
- Political science.
- Political science--Methodology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (254 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This pioneering volume is devoted to the analysis of education from the perspective of political science, applying the full range of the discipline's analytical perspectives and methodological tools. The contributions demonstrate how education policy can be explored systematically from a variety of political science perspectives: comparative politics, public policy analysis and public administration, international relations, and political theory. By applying a governance perspective on education policy, the authors explore the changing institutional settings, new actors' const
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; Series editor's preface; 1 Introduction: A governance perspective on education policy; Part I: Comparative education politics: Exploring legacies and institutional settings; 2 Veto-points and the politics of introducing school vouchers in the United States and Sweden; 3 Comparing higher education policies in Central and Eastern Europe; 4 Transforming the educative state in the Nordic countries?
- Part II: Education in public policy analysis and public administration: Winding roads to implementation5 Modes of governance in German curricular reform: Examining transformative change before the Bologna Process; 6 Decentralizing education policy in Italy: Entrepreneurship and networks implementation; 7 Bounded rationality in Finnish education policy-making; Part III: Education in international relations: An emerging multi-level setting; 8 The role of ideas in GATS education negotiations: Evidence from Argentina and Chile; 9 Multilateral surveillance in education by the OMC
- 10 International networks in education politicsPart IV: Meta-reflections on education and political science: Where to go and for whose good?; 11 Normative dimensions of reforms in higher education; 12 Education policy and the harmonization of political science as a discipline; 13 Political science and educational research: Windows of opportunity for a neglected relationship; 14 Conclusion: Education policy, political science and the state in transition; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-21484-0
- 1-135-21485-9
- 1-282-73349-4
- 9786612733499
- 0-203-87331-9
- 9780203873311
- OCLC:
- 642660924
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