Educational Policy in an International Context: Political Culture and Its Effects (Education Policy)

"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 standards movement" and "new public management" or accountability in the public sector"-- Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-xii Front Matter....Pages 1-3 Political Culture and Educational Reform....Pages 5-27 Historical Perspectives on Educational Policy and Political Cultures....Pages 29-47 Front Matter....Pages 49-51 Many Cooks Will Not Spoil the Broth: Educational Policy in Sweden....Pages 53-62 Denmark: Bildung in a Competitive State?....Pages 63-71 The Netherlands: The Clergyman and the Merchant Revisited....Pages 73-84 Flanders (Belgium): Regulated Anarchy in Catholic and Public Education....Pages 85-94 Austria’s Balancing Act: Walking the Tightrope between Federalism and Centralization....Pages 95-104 The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: The English Case....Pages 105-113 E Pluribus Unum? Dissonance in US Educational Political Culture....Pages 115-124 Front Matter....Pages 125-126 Reform in Stable Systems (Austria and Belgium [Flanders]): The Impossible Dream?....Pages 127-138 Political Cultures in England and the Netherlands: Similar Discourse, Different Results....Pages 139-153 Examining the Myth of Nordic Uniformity: The Production of Educational Policy in Denmark and Sweden....Pages 155-170 North Carolina and Nebraska: Two States, Two Policy Cultures, Two Outcomes....Pages 171-187 Front Matter....Pages 189-191 “Wer Vorwärts Kommen Will, Muss Auch Mal Rückwarts Denken”: Reflections on the Case Studies....Pages 193-211 Policy Cultures and Education Policy: A Central and Eastern European Perspective....Pages 213-222 Reflections from Practice on Political Culture and Education Reform....Pages 223-232 Back Matter....Pages 233-259 International Global Policy 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 standards movement"" and ""new public management"" or accountability in the public sector