China's Confucius Institute and Its European Counterparts in Africa: A Six-Dimensional Comparative Study

Autor/in	Li, Siyuan
Titel	China's Confucius Institute and Its European Counterparts in Africa: A Six-Dimensional Comparative Study
Quelle	In: Research in Comparative and International Education, 18 (2023) 3, S.419-440 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1745-4999
DOI	10.1177/17454999221146385
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Comparative Education; International Education; Second Language Instruction; Institutions; Organizations (Groups); Power Structure; International Relations; Governance; Access to Education; Foreign Policy; Local Issues; China; France; Germany; United Kingdom; Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Internationale Erziehung; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Internationale Beziehungen; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Access; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Außenpolitik; Frankreich; Deutschland; Großbritannien; Afrika
Abstract	In the field of international education and development, International Language and Culture Promotion Organisations (ILCPOs) have played an important part for more than a century. More than 40 countries and regions have set up such organisations. Despite the diversity of these ILCPOs, few comparative studies have been conducted to examine their operations and impacts. In contrast to the existing literature that usually evaluates the role of these organisations from the perspectives of cultural diplomacy, public diplomacy and soft power, this research proposes a 'smart power' analytical framework and compares China's Confucius Institute with its European counterparts -- France's Alliance Française, the UK's British Council and Germany's Goethe-Institut -- in Africa from six critical dimensions: relationship with parent countries; operational mode; accessibility to local people; scope of activities; main internal issues; and local people's needs, in an attempt to evaluate their operations and performance. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01