Globalization, Statist Political Economy, and Unsuccessful Education Reform in South Korea, 1993-2003

Autor/in	Kim, Ki Su
Titel	Globalization, Statist Political Economy, and Unsuccessful Education Reform in South Korea, 1993-2003
Quelle	In: Education Policy Analysis Archives, 13 (2005) 12, (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1068-2341
Schlagwörter	Educational Development; Global Approach; Educational Change; Foreign Countries; Economic Development; Educational Policy; Policy Formation; Power Structure; South Korea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsentwicklung; Globales Denken; Bildungsreform; Ausland; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politische Betätigung; Korea; Republik
Abstract	This article examines the relationship between globalization and national education reforms, especially those of educational systems. Instead of exploring the much debated issues of how globalization affects national educational systems and how the nations react by what kinds of systemic education reform, however, it focuses on what such a method often leaves out--the internal conditions of a nation that facilitates or hampers reform efforts. Taking South Korea as an example, it explores that country's unique national context which restricts and even inhibits education reforms. Especially noted here is the established "statist" political economy in education. In the paper's analysis, although South Korea's statist political economy has made a substantial contribution to economic and educational development, it is now considered increasingly unviable as globalization progresses. Nevertheless, the internal conditions, resultant from the previous statist policies, set limits on policy makers' efforts to alter the existing educational system. The analysis suggests that a fuller assessment of globalization's impact upon national educational systems or their reforms requires a perspective which is broad enough to encompass not only the concepts and/or theories of globalization and nation states but also the power relations and ideological setup of individual nations. (Contains 2 tables and 18 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10