Crisis as a Discursive Legitimation Strategy in Educational Reforms: A Critical Policy Analysis

Autor/in	Nordin, Andreas
Titel	Crisis as a Discursive Legitimation Strategy in Educational Reforms: A Critical Policy Analysis
Quelle	In: Education Inquiry, 5 (2014) 1, S.109-126, Artikel 24047 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2000-4508
DOI	10.3402/edui.v5.24047
Schlagwörter	Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Educational Change; Discourse Analysis; Foreign Countries; Public Officials; Nongovernmental Organizations; Discourse Modes; Risk; Neoliberalism; Governance; Social Responsibility; Social Systems; Commercialization; Educational Administration; Financial Exigency; Economic Development; Knowledge Economy; Trust (Psychology); Political Attitudes; Crisis Management; Accountability; Teaching Methods; Educational History; Elementary Secondary Education; National Curriculum; Sweden; European Union + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Bildungsreform; Diskursanalyse; Ausland; Diskursethik; Risiko; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Finanzierung; Soziale Verantwortung; Social system; Soziales System; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Finanzielle Härte; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Knowledge society; Economy; Wissensgesellschaft; Wirtschaft; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Krisenmanagement; Verantwortung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Schweden
Abstract	Around the mid-2000s a crisis discourse emerged in educational policy-making in the EU and in Sweden. Using the EU and Sweden as empirical references, this article explores how this crisis discourse has been and is employed by politicians and NGOs. Discourse Institutionalism is used as an overall theoretical framework focusing on how the crisis discourse is "coordinated" among powerful policy actors and "communicated" to the public, while critical discourse analysis is used for the systematic analysis. The crisis discourse implies that action has to be taken immediately and that there is no option other than to act, and the result shows that this normative discourse is becoming an important and powerful instrument in the hands of both national and transnational actors seeking public legitimacy for extensive reforms. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01