Educational policy in an international context : political culture and its effects / edited by Karen Seashore Louis and Boudewijn van Velzen.

"Educational Policy in an International Context provides a provocative examination of the interplay between political culture and educational policy.The goal is to provide a better understanding of how different countries are responding to the global exchange of policy ideas that includes "the stand...

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Uniform Title:Education policy (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Other Authors: Louis, Karen Seashore
Velzen, Boudewijn van
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Education policy (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Subjects:
Educational and state > Cross-cultural studies.
Education > Political aspects > Cross-cultural studies.
Political culture > Cross-cultural studies.
Educational change > Cross-cultural studies.
EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General.
EDUCATION / General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
Genre:
Cross-cultural studies.
Physical Description:xii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Political cultures, education, and history : an introduction / Karen Seashore Louis and Boudewijn van Velzen
  • Political culture and educational reform / Geert Devos ... [et al.]
  • Historical perspectives on educational policy and political cultures / Kasper Kofod ... [et al.]
  • Introduction. Many cooks will not spoil the broth : educational policy in Sweden / Mats Ekholm
  • Denmark : Bildung in a competitive state? / Lejf Moos and Klaus Kasper Kofod
  • The Netherlands : the clergyman and the merchant revisited / Boudewijn van Velzen
  • Flanders (Belgium) : regulated anarchy in Catholic and public education / Geert Devos
  • Austria's balancing act : walking the tightrope between federalism and centralization / Michael Schratz
  • The more things change, the more they stay the same : the English case
  • / Karen Seashore Louis and John MacBeath
  • E pluribus unum? : dissonance in US educational political culture / Karen Seashore Louis
  • The cross-country studies. Reform in stable systems (Austria and Belgium [Flanders]) : the impossible dream? / Geert Devos and Michael Schratz
  • Political cultures in England and the Netherlands : similar discourse, different results / Karen Seashore Louis and Boudewijn van Velzen
  • Examining the myth of Nordic uniformity : the production of educational policy in Denmark and Sweden / Mats Ekholm and Lejf Moos
  • North Carolina and Nebraska : two states, two policy cultures, two outcomes / Molly F. Gordon and Karen Seashore Louis
  • Reflections. "Wer Vorwärts kommen will, muss auch mal Rückwarts denken" : reflections on the case studies / Boudewijn van Velzen ... [et al.]
  • Policy cultures and education policy : a Central and Eastern European perspective / Gábor Halász
  • Reflections from practice on political culture and education reform / Ben Levin.