The Politics and Economics of Comparison

Steiner‐Khamsi, Gita

doi:10.1086/653047

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“…More and more researchers focus on studying the ability of individual states to use global benchmarks in national interests [9] and on the transformation of national education systems [10].…”

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Conceptual foundations of transition to the non-linear models of higher education in the region

Зборовский

Ambarova

2017

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Section: Theoretical Framework For the Studymentioning

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Conceptual foundations of transition to the non-linear models of higher education in the region

Зборовский

Ambarova

2017

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“…13 Otros académicos, también han sugerido que las investigaciones deben distinguir las diferencias de compromiso, influencia y motivos de varias organizaciones internacionales (por ej., BERMAN, 1992;GINSBURG, COOPER, RAGHU & ZEGARRA, 1990;STEINER-KHAMSI, 2010;VERGER, NOVELLI & KOSAR-ALTINYELKIN, 2012). 14 Para tener un indicador del alcance en que USAID ha sido contactada íntimamente por muchos años en El Salvador, consúltese a Quán (2005).…”

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El impacto de las instituciones internacionales en la formulación de políticas de educación en países pequeños : el caso de El Salvador = The impact of international institutions on education policymaking in small states : the case of El Salvador

Edwards¹

2014

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RESUMENEste artículo analiza el poder institucional de la Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional (USAID) en el proceso de la formulación de políticas educativas en El Salvador, durante el período [2003][2004][2005]. Los resultados muestran cómo las instituciones bilaterales y multilaterales aprovechan del capital financiero y académico para orientar los procesos de formación de políticas e influenciar en la decisión sobre cuáles políticas son las más aceptables y deseables. Como se podrá ver, una muestra de esta influencia es la manera en que USAID fue capaz de manipular los procesos de formación de políticas al organizar eventos importantes y producir información esencial que dieron lugar a futuros eventos y posteriores oportunidades para presentar y sobredimensionar sus * Universidad de Tokyo (Japón).

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“…Having noted the gap between policy rhetoric and implementation in policy importing nations, Steiner-Khamsi offers her insights into the reason that policy leaders adopt global reforms. In her analysis, a group of policy leaders often evoke "international standards" in order to advance their own ideas against others,' as these standards are supposedly neutral, and therefore have a salutary effect on protracted policy conflict (Steiner-Khamsi, 2010). Once international funding is secured, however, policy leaders "reinterpret" global norms and implement reforms in the ways they believe enhance national development.…”

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Why do policy leaders adopt global education reforms? A political analysis of SBM reform adoption in post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina

Komatsu

2013

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This paper presents a political analysis of school-based management reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). School-based management (SBM), based on the principle of school autonomy and community participation, is a school governance system introduced in many parts of the world, including post-conflict nations. Such a phenomenon seems to follow the pattern predicted by the theories of institutional isomorphism. According to the institutionalists in comparative education, a country adopts global education reforms so as to enhance nation-building and nation-state legitimacy within the international community (Meyer, Boli, Thomas, & Ramirez, 1997;Ramirez & Boli, 1987). However, a closer look at the SBM reform adoption process in BiH reveals that, after legislating the global reform, policy leaders appear to have willfully derailed its implementation. Careful analysis of their legitimacy contexts suggests that BiH leaders may have adopted the internationally-driven reform policy primarily for the purpose of enhancing their precarious domestic legitimacy. Such behavior can be explained by Weiler's (1983;1990) political utility theory, which has not yet been sufficiently incorporated into the analysis of educational reform transfer. The study posits that policy leaders in reform-borrowing countries still play a crucial role in shaping Education Policy Analysis Archives Vol. 21 No. 62 2 education systems, even in the globalized world that is arguably driving these systems to converge. It is then important for comparative and international education scholars, as well as international donors, to critically assess the intent, practices and behaviors of the political leaders who accept global reforms. Keywords: Bosnia and Herzegovina; decentralization; education reform; institutional isomorphism; political utility theory; politics of education; post-conflict nations.¿Por qué los dirigentes políticos adopten reformas educativas globales? Un análisis político de la adopción "Administración Basada en la Escuela" después del conflicto de Bosnia y Herzegovina. Resumen: Este artículo presenta un análisis político de la reforma de la Administración Basada en la Escuela, en Bosnia y Herzegovina (ByH). La Administración Basada en la Escuela (SBM por sus siglas en inglés), basado en el principio de autonomía de los centros y la participación de la comunidad, es un sistema de gestión escolar introducido en muchas partes del mundo, incluidos países en las áreas de post-conflicto. Este fenómeno parece seguir el patrón predicho por la teoría de isomorfismo institucional. Según los institucionalistas en el campo de la educación comparada, un país adopta las reformas educativas globales con el fin de mejorar la construcción de la nación y la legitimidad del Estado-nación en la comunidad internacional (Meyer, Boli, Thomas, y Ramírez, 1997; Ramírez y Boli, 1987). Sin embargo, una mirada más de cerca el proceso de adopción de la reforma de SBM en Bosnia y Herzegovina revela que, después de legislar la reforma global, los líderes po...

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The Politics and Economics of Comparison

Cited by 180 publications

References 16 publications

Conceptual foundations of transition to the non-linear models of higher education in the region

Conceptual foundations of transition to the non-linear models of higher education in the region

El impacto de las instituciones internacionales en la formulación de políticas de educación en países pequeños : el caso de El Salvador = The impact of international institutions on education policymaking in small states : the case of El Salvador

Why do policy leaders adopt global education reforms? A political analysis of SBM reform adoption in post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina

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