New Forms of European Union Governance in the Education Sector? A Preliminary Analysis of the Open Method of Coordination

Autor/inn/en	Lange, Bettina; Alexiadou, Nafsika
Titel	New Forms of European Union Governance in the Education Sector? A Preliminary Analysis of the Open Method of Coordination
Quelle	In: European Educational Research Journal, 6 (2007) 4, S.321-335 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1474-9041
DOI	10.2304/eerj.2007.6.4.321
Schlagwörter	Criticism; International Cooperation; Politics; Foreign Countries; Educational Policy; Governance; Educational Indicators; Educational Objectives; Benchmarking; Laws + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritik; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Politik; Ausland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Finanzierung; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Law; Recht
Abstract	This article critically explores how a new form of European Union (EU) governance--the open method of coordination (OMC)--impinges on education policies. The first part discusses three key characteristics of the OMC, in particular its flexibility, reflexivity and reliance on the techniques of new public management. It also outlines briefly why the OMC is being applied to EU education policy. The second and main part of the article develops a critical analysis of the OMC in education by questioning to what extent it can be considered as a new form of EU governance and with what vision of Social Europe it is associated. Most importantly, the second part argues that there may be significant potential for the politicization of mutual policy learning in the context of OMC education measures. (Contains 12 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10