Regional Intergovernmental Organizations in the Global South: Emerging Education Policy Nodes between the Global and the National

Autor/inn/en	Bekele, Teklu Abate; Toprak, Mustafa; Karkouti, Ibrahim M.; Wolsey, Thomas DeVere
Titel	Regional Intergovernmental Organizations in the Global South: Emerging Education Policy Nodes between the Global and the National
Quelle	In: Education Policy Analysis Archives, 29 (2021) 130, (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Toprak, Mustafa) ORCID (Karkouti, Ibrahim M.) ORCID (Wolsey, Thomas DeVere)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1068-2341
Schlagwörter	Educational Development; International Organizations; Educational Policy; Policy Formation; Strategic Planning; Educational Strategies; Geographic Regions; Role; Governance; Foreign Countries; Africa; Middle East; Asia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsentwicklung; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politische Betätigung; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Lehrstrategie; Rollen; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Finanzierung; Ausland; Afrika; Vorderasien; Asien
Abstract	Regional Intergovernmental Organizations (RIGOs) play unclear roles in education policy making and transfer. Much comparative education scholarship on the topic focuses on exploring the interplay between global and local/national actors in education policy, overlooking regional dimensions. To deepen our understanding, we analyzed the strategic plans of four RIGOs in Africa, the Arab and Islamic worlds, and Southeast Asia. Qualitative policy analysis is employed to reveal the roles RIGOs aspire to play in educational development. Of the "what," "how," and "why" dimensions of policy, this study focuses on the last two, as they reveal the rationales the RIGOs provided to justify their organizational positioning, their strategies to contribute to education policy, and their mediations with the national and the global. Our analysis has showed that RIGOs position themselves as significant actors in educational development in their respective regions, playing several complementary and sometimes conflicting roles. Analysis via institutional theory of the interplay of national, regional, and global contexts has revealed organizational isomorphism, decoupling between policy and practice, expansive structuration, otherhood engagements, and scientization and rationalization of organizational work. The RIGOs view themselves as "elaborators" of global models and, simultaneously, "promoters" of regionalism. Implications for education policy and research are identified. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Colleges of Education at Arizona State University and the University of South Florida. c/o Editor, USF EDU162, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620-5650. Tel: 813-974-3400; Fax: 813-974-3826; Web site: https://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/index.php/epaa
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01