Globalisation, GATS and trading in education services.

Autor/in	Robertson, Susan L.
Titel	Globalisation, GATS and trading in education services.
Quelle	Aus: Kallo, Johanna (Hrsg.): Supranational regimes and national education policies. Encountering challenge. Turku: Finnish Educational Research Association (2006) S. 139-163Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	Kasvatusalan tutkimuksia. 24
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Sammelwerksbeitrag
ISSN	1458-1094
ISBN	952-5401-23-5
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Bildungsmarkt; Recht auf Bildung; Menschenrechte; Dienstleistung; Marktorientierung; Welthandel; Wettbewerb; GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services)
Abstract	This article is part of the third part of the book which analyses the issues of global trading in education services and the political economy of educational funding, which are both high on the political agenda nowadays. [The author] examines the questions of why it is that the education sectors of national economies have been targeted as an area of regional and global trade, how education is conceptualised and regulated within the WTO/GATS framework, and what are the implications of these processes for member states. [She] points out that for countries such as the United States and the larger European countries with strong and mature higher education systems, the likelihood of being significantly affected by foreign providers (such as transnational firms) is slim. But, for smaller and developing academic systems and universities, GATS could have a considerable external impact. The article provides an informative analysis on the history of regulating trade in the post-war era. In [the author's] view, GATS has strong implications for national education policies in reframing education in accordance with trade terms and transforming education into a legally protected industry that can be a means for developing economies to engage with the global economy, there is some evidence that trading education primarily serves Anglo-Saxon interests, and in the worst case, has the potential to undermine education as a human right. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2008/2