Soft Governance, International Organizations and Education Policy Convergence
This book examines the extent to which international organizations have shaped reforms in education and training in federalist countries with regards to policy convergence. In advanced democracies, international organizations have become increas
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Soft Governance, International Organizations and Education Policy Convergence Comparing PISA and the Bologna and Copenhagen Processes
Tonia Bieber
Transformations of the State Series Editors Achim Hurrelmann Carlton University, Ottawa, Canada Stephan Leibfried University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany Kerstin Martens University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany Peter Mayer University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
The modern state is under threat – its powers increasingly eroded. This series examines the current and future prospects for a traditional conception of the state to provide readers with the ‘state of the art’ on the ‘state of the state’.
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/14399
Tonia Bieber
Soft Governance, International Organizations and Education Policy Convergence Comparing PISA and the Bologna and Copenhagen Processes
Tonia Bieber Senior Researcher University of Bremen Bremen, Germany
Transformations of the State ISBN 978-1-137-47694-4 ISBN 978-1-137-47695-1 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-47695-1
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