1st Edition
A European Politics of Education Perspectives from sociology, policy studies and politics
1 Introduction
Romuald Normand and Jean-Louis Derouet
2 Standards and Standardization in European politics of Education
Paolo Landri
3 Policy transfers in Europe: the European Union and beyond
Magdaléna Hadjiisky
4 The Praise of mutual Surveillance in Europe
Luís Miguel Carvalho and Estela Costa
5 Policy Learning and Expertise in European Education
Romuald Normand
6 Ranking and the Structuration of a transnational Field of Higher Education
Niilo Kauppi
7 Higher education: from « unclear technologies » to human resources management techniques
Jean-Émile Charlier and Sarah Croché
8 Universities, the risk industry and capitalism: a political economy critique
Susan L. Robertson and Chris Muellerleile
9 "Silencing the disbelievers": games of truth and power struggles around fact-based management
Isabelle Bruno
10 Compliance and contestation in the neoliberal university: reflecting on the identities of UK social scientists
Alan Cribb, Sharon Gewirtz and Aniko Horvath
11 Losing the plot, plotting the lost: politics, Europe, and the rediscovery of lifelong learning
John Holford
12 How are European lifelong learning systems changing? An approach in terms of public policy regimes
Eric Verdier
Biography
Romuald Normand is Professor of Sociology at the University of Strasbourg, Research Unit SAGE (Societies, Actors and Government in Europe), France.
Jean-Louis Derouet is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Lyon, France.
