International Organizations and Lifelong Learning: From Global Agendas to Policy Diffusion (Transformations of the State)

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 10
List of Figures......Page 11
List of Abbreviations......Page 12
Series Editors\' Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 16
1 Introduction: The Global Interest in Education Policy......Page 18
Getting started: International organizations and the internationalization of public policy......Page 20
Global policy development: World politics reconsidered......Page 22
The big picture: World society and the global diffusion of ideas......Page 25
The case study: Education policy and the rise of lifelong learning......Page 28
The plan of the book......Page 30
2 Tracing Global Governance: Policy Development in an International Arena......Page 34
Sociological institutionalism and world politics......Page 36
The role of international organizations......Page 46
Global policy development......Page 54
Conclusion: Global policy development and international organizations......Page 63
3 World Time: International Developments in Education Policy from the 1970s to the 1990s......Page 66
The growing importance of international organizations......Page 67
The economic importance of lifelong learning......Page 72
Education and the knowledge-based society......Page 77
Conclusion: A window of opportunity in the 1990s......Page 80
4 World Action: International Networks for Promoting Lifelong Learning......Page 83
The traditional education organization: UNESCO......Page 84
Worldwide acknowledged activities: The OECD......Page 92
Education and development: The World Bank......Page 98
Education and work: The International Labor Organization......Page 102
Regional diffusion: The European Union and partners......Page 106
Building bridges and promoting change: Transnational activities......Page 113
Conclusion: Exchanges, interactions and references......Page 118
5 Consequences: National Lifelong Learning Agendas......Page 121
Lifelong learning globally......Page 123
Outlining change: Europe......Page 136
Establishing markets: Asia and Oceania......Page 142
Different public investment: The Americas......Page 149
Preparing the ground: Africa......Page 156
Conclusion: Leaders, laggards and very different approaches......Page 162
6 Implications: A Tool for Progress and a Symbol of Modernity......Page 165
International organizations and their effects on education policy......Page 166
The global knowledge society: An imagined community......Page 173
Societal and individual implications of lifelong learning policies......Page 175
Conclusion: The norm of lifelong learning......Page 177
7 Conclusions: Studying Global Policy Development......Page 180
The spread of lifelong learning......Page 181
The future of internationalized education policy......Page 184
Globalization and state interest......Page 186
Further research on world society and global policy-making......Page 191
Annex 1: Additional Information – Chapter 4......Page 193
Annex 2: Additional Information – Chapter 5......Page 194
Annex 3: Methodology......Page 199
Annex 4: Definition of Independent Variables......Page 202
Notes......Page 206
References......Page 214
G......Page 240
J......Page 241
P......Page 242
U......Page 243
Z......Page 244