Selective Acquiescence, Creative Commitment and Strategic Conformity: Situated National Policy Responses to Bologna

Autor/inn/en	Sin, Cristina; Saunders, Murray
Titel	Selective Acquiescence, Creative Commitment and Strategic Conformity: Situated National Policy Responses to Bologna
Quelle	In: European Journal of Education, 49 (2014) 4, S.529-542 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-8211
DOI	10.1111/ejed.12072
Schlagwörter	International Cooperation; Educational Cooperation; Policy Formation; Educational Policy; Student Mobility; Higher Education; Politics of Education; Foreign Countries; Strategic Planning; Creativity; Denmark; Portugal; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Education; cooperation; Kooperation; Politische Betätigung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Educational policy; Ausland; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Kreativität; Dänemark
Abstract	The non-binding nature of the Bologna Declaration and loose policy-making and implementation through the open method of coordination (OMC) have led to varied national responses to the Bologna Process. The OMC has allowed countries room for manoeuvre to interpret Bologna policy and attach different degrees of importance to it. Looking at the interplay between agency and structure in policy implementation, this article aims to illustrate the localised character of Bologna policy implementation driven by national priorities and political agendas, a reflection of the "policy as text" metaphor (Ball, 1994). The analysis is driven by an agentic understanding of the policy process, highlighting "actors" perceptions, perspectives, preferences, actions and interactions' (Trowler, 2002). Three different country reactions are examined--England, Portugal and Denmark, described as selective acquiescence, creative commitment and strategic conformity to capture the essence of the cases in question. In analysing the countries' responses, the article considers national readings of Bologna, motivations behind responses to the Process, as well as its reception and implementation at national level. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10