Are Educational Governance Reforms in a Post-Conflict Society Conforming to Global Standards? Examining the Application of Education Convergence Theory in an Internationally Supervised and Politicized Context

Autor/in	Komatsu, Taro
Titel	Are Educational Governance Reforms in a Post-Conflict Society Conforming to Global Standards? Examining the Application of Education Convergence Theory in an Internationally Supervised and Politicized Context
Quelle	In: Research in Comparative and International Education, 11 (2016) 3, S.267-281 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1745-4999
DOI	10.1177/1745499916662366
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Change; Governance; Developing Nations; Academic Standards; Global Approach; Politics of Education; International Cooperation; Supervision; Case Studies; Educational Policy; Federal Legislation; Educational Legislation; Democratic Values; Norms; Centralization; Theory Practice Relationship; Educational Theories; Convergent Thinking; Rhetoric; Bosnia and Herzegovina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bildungsreform; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Globales Denken; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Politics of education; Bundesrecht; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Normwert; Centralisation; Zentralisierung; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Rhetorik; Bosnia-Herzegovina; Bosnien-Herzegowina
Abstract	This article examines whether and to what extent educational reforms in a post-conflict society conform to "global (regional) standards," and explores the meaning of inconsistencies observed in the process of global reform transfer. Among the nations of the world, nowhere is the influence of external forces on educational reforms more evident than in post-conflict nations under close international supervision. A case study of post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina revealed that not only policies but also national legislation conformed to European democratic norms, while the externally-induced and somewhat contradictory reforms of centralization and decentralization did not materialize in practice. Ultimately, policy-practice gaps and changeability of global reform models may be expected since they leave room for strategic interactions between national and international actors based on the pragmatic considerations of both parties to achieve their own mandates and purposes. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01