Legitimizing Private School Policy within a Political Divide: The Role of International References

Autor/in	Dieudé, Alessandra
Titel	Legitimizing Private School Policy within a Political Divide: The Role of International References
Quelle	In: Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 7 (2021) 2, S.78-90 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Dieudé, Alessandra)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2002-0317
DOI	10.1080/20020317.2021.1963593
Schlagwörter	Private Schools; School Policy; Content Analysis; Educational Policy; Political Attitudes; Political Influences; Policy Formation; School Choice; Competition; Diversity; Social Systems; Foreign Countries; Role; Educational Change; Educational Finance; Elementary Secondary Education; International Organizations; Comparative Education; Budgets; Educational Legislation; Equal Education; Neoliberalism; Educational Trends; Educational History; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Private school; Privatschule; Schulpolitik; Inhaltsanalyse; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Politische Betätigung; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Wettkampf; Social system; Soziales System; Ausland; Rollen; Bildungsreform; Bildungsfonds; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Finanzhaushalt; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Bildungsentwicklung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Norwegen
Abstract	Researchers are increasingly emphasizing the importance of international actors' influence on defining education policy in different contexts. The article argues that referencing international organizations is a way of legitimizing changes to private school policy. Using Norway as an example, the article investigates how international references are used by the political divide: first, a centre-right government liberalized private school policy. This was reversed by the successive centre-left government, before the successive centre-right government again liberalized private school policy. The study draws on content analysis of policy documents from 2002 to 2018. The analysis displays the eclectic nature of how international references are used to (de)legitimize private school policies. Different governments have used similar international references either to legitimise the liberalization of private schooling policy, or to delegitimise such policy. However, the analysis also shows that concepts like free choice, diversity and competition are central in legitimising private school policy. The study of international referencing in the education field indicates several consequences for the Norwegian education welfare state ideal, such as emphasising a stronger market-orientation. This study shows that analysing how actors position political arguments is important when understanding how nation states, as proactive entities, negotiate meaning and evidence from international references. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01