Unequal Partners? Networks, Centrality, and Aid to International Education

Autor/inn/en	Menashy, Francine; Shields, Robin
Titel	Unequal Partners? Networks, Centrality, and Aid to International Education
Quelle	In: Comparative Education, 53 (2017) 4, S.495-517 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0068
DOI	10.1080/03050068.2017.1323822
Schlagwörter	Equal Education; International Education; Power Structure; Partnerships in Education; Private Financial Support; Network Analysis; International Organizations; Organizations (Groups); Preferences; Educational Finance; Privatization; Educational Development; Governance; Social Networks; Regression (Statistics); Comparative Education; Foreign Countries + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Internationale Erziehung; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Private Investition; Netzplantechnik; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Bildungsfonds; Privatisation; Privatisierung; Bildungsentwicklung; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Ausland
Abstract	Following the 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, international development policy discourses have focused on partnership as an overarching principle. With a focus on participation and non-hierarchical relationships, new partnerships aim to reconstitute the aid relationship in a way that obviates power inequality and hegemony. However, empirical studies of these partnerships are scarce. This paper uses social network analysis to analyse relationships between organisations involved in prominent partnerships for education in international development. Our analysis of an original dataset demonstrates that bilateral donors, civil society organisations, and international organisations are most likely to occupy central positions in this network, meaning that they enjoy high levels of connectivity to many organisations. Literature on international networks suggests that these organisations would therefore shape the flow of information and ideas between organisations, influence the distribution of resources among members, and determine normative preferences of the partnerships. In contrast, recipient governments, private businesses, and universities occupy peripheral positions. We contextualise these findings with respect to literature on aid in international education and privatisation in the political economy of educational development. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01