Ydesen Christian - Global Governance Of Education The Historical And Contemporary Entanglements Of Unesco The Oecd And The World Bank - Hardcover

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Description: This book examines the educational role of three international organizations created as part of the post - World War II multilateral architecture: the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) the World Bank and the Organisation for Economic Co - operation and Development (OECD). These organizations have significantly promoted and shaped education as a fundamental feature of the modernization of society and contributed to the globalization of educational norms policies and technologies. Drawing on primary source materials and interviews the book provides novel perspectives to the literature on the global governance of education by focusing on the historical entanglements relations and power struggles between these three organizations rather than treating them separately. The study sheds light on the homogenizing effects of globalized educational policy - making and the shifting power dynamics in the global governance of education. This book makes a very distinctive and important contribution to the literature that critically analyses the influence of the global agencies on education globally; it goes beyond the standard discursive analyses of policy texts to also explore the history of those organisations through archival research and in - depth interviews of the key personnel. What emerges is a powerful analysis which locates those agencies within their historical epochs and shines a light on their tensions and micro - politics both internally and between organisations. Paul Morris Professor of Comparative Education Institute of Education University College London UK A must - read historical account of the intermingling boundary setting and competition between the three big intergovernmental organizations (I Os) in education: OECD Unesco and the World Bank. Different from other scholars that document how these I Os have transformed themselves in response to external and internal changes Elfert and Ydesen draw attention to the relational aspect: how have these three I Os navigated conflict carved niches and used and abused each other to amplify and expand their own mission? How have they done so in an environment that is crowded with intergovernmental and international organizations each with a claim to govern education globally? Gita Steiner - Khamsi Professor of Comparative and International Education Teachers College Columbia University; Unesco Chair of Comparative Education Policy of the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies This volume is a thoughtful and timely work of scholarship. Understanding the roles of Unesco the OECD and the World Bank is central to understanding contemporary education in global perspective. Elfert and Ydesen's historical analysis sets out in rigorous detail how these organisations have evolved and what has shaped and driven this evolution. The historical analysis is complemented bycontemporary interview data facilitating an actor - level analysis as well as a broader picture. The book is conceptually and theoretically rich while being accessibly written; the authors manage complexity remarkably well. For anyone interested in global governance and the role of international organisations or anyone who wants to understand in general how global educational agendas have developed and converged this book is a most valuable read. Michele Schweisfurth Professor of Comparative and International Education University of Glasgow UK Chapter " Unesco the OECD and the World Bank: A Global Governance Perspective is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link. springer. com.
Title: Global Governance Of Education The Historical And Contemporary Entanglements Of Unesco The Oecd And The World Bank
Author(s): Ydesen Christian
Publisher: Springer International Publishing Ag
Barcode: 9783031404108
Pages: 230 Pages, 1 Illustrations, Black And White; Xv, 230 P. 1 Illus.
Publication Date: 9/23/2023
Series: Educational Governance Research
Category: International Institutions