Field-Crossing Social Capital and Patronage as Cornerstones of the Transnational OECD-PISA Network Infrastructure

Autor/inn/en	Wieczorek, Oliver; Münch, Richard; Brand, Alexander; Schwanhäuser, Silvia
Titel	Field-Crossing Social Capital and Patronage as Cornerstones of the Transnational OECD-PISA Network Infrastructure
Quelle	In: Comparative Education, 59 (2023) 4, S.544-563 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wieczorek, Oliver) ORCID (Münch, Richard) ORCID (Brand, Alexander) ORCID (Schwanhäuser, Silvia)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0068
DOI	10.1080/03050068.2023.2173916
Schlagwörter	Social Capital; Achievement Tests; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; International Assessment; International Organizations; Educational Policy; Educational Change; Governance; Network Analysis; Power Structure; Expertise; Social Networks; Corporations; Consultants; Philanthropic Foundations; Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sozialkapital; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsreform; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Finanzierung; Netzplantechnik; Expert appraisal; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Unternehmen; Consultant; Berater; Philanthropismus
Abstract	The OECD is a key player in global education policy advice and part of the edu-business network. This network comprises of companies, philanthropies, consulting agencies and think tanks profiting from educational governance reforms and large-scale testing. This article investigates the structure of the OECD global policy network and its capability to bring together different types of expertise. To map the global policy advisors network, we introduce the concepts of boundary-spanning actors and field-crossing social capital. Using network analysis, we apply these concepts to investigate the embeddedness of the OECD in different social fields and the global field of power. Our findings indicate that the global network of policy advisors coordinates different forms of expertise by installing a system of patronage, consisting of a small number of key players and large numbers of actors that set education reforms in motion. We exemplify this result with McKinsey & Company. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01