Global Pathways to Education

Cultural Spheres, Networks, and International Organizations

Kerstin Martens, Michael Windzio

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN:
  9783030788841
• Edition: 0
• eBook ISBN:
  9783030788858
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Education Theory & Practice
• Index: Politics & International Relations

In this open access volume, the editors identify the trajecto­ries and pat­terns displayed by education systems and investigate the causes of change from a global and historical perspective. Thecontributorsargue that the emergence and de­velopment of educa­tion systems can be traced back to inherent national factors, as well as to the interna­tional diffusion of ideas.
The research presented in this volume is a wide-ranging analysis and explana­tion of the dynamics of emergence, diffusion, and change in relation to state educa­tion systems. The chapters offer an empirical investigation into whether the global diffusion of West­ern-rational educational content and organizational forms occurs as expected by neoinstitu­tionalist theory, or whether culturally specific developmen­tal paths dominate in different parts of the world. The book will be of interest to students and researchers invarious social science disci­plines, including social policy, education, sociology, political science, international relations, organizational the­ory, and economics.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• 1. The Global Development, Diffusion, and Transformation of Education Systems: Transnational Isomorphism and ‘Cultural Spheres’
• 2. The Introduction of Compulsory Schooling Around the World: Global Diffusion Between Isomorphism and ‘Cultural Spheres’
• 3. The Global Trajectories of Compulsory Education: Clustering Sequences of Policy Development
• 4. Does Globalization Affect the Performance of Secondary Education Systems? A Coevolution Model of Multiplex Transnational Networks and Educational Performance
• 5. International Organizations in Education: New Takes on Old Paradigms
• 6. Finding the Poster Child: Reference Patterns in OECD Country Reports
• 7. International Organizations and Education in the Islamic World
• 8. Regional Ideas in International Education Organizations: The Case of SEAMEO
• 9. Talking About Education: How Topics Vary Between International Organizations
• 10. Education as Cultural Frame
• 11. Isomorphism, ‘Cultural Spheres’, and Education Systems: A Brief Summary and Concluding Remarks
• Back Matter