Progressive and Sustained School Reforms

Framing and Coalition Building in Swiss Cities

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12065920
AutoresPhilippe Koch (University of Zurich, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume35
Fascículo1
Páginas43-57
Data de publicação2013-01-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Urban Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0735-2166 • E-ISSN: 1467-9906
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/juaf.12000
OpenAlexW2014262867
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas27

Urban politics in the early 21st century is structured by conflicts over social cohesion and economic competitiveness. Education policy takes center stage in this struggle as schools are institutions of both social and economic reproduction. I draw on arguments of urban regime and policy frame analysis to examine the politics of urban school reform in two Swiss cities. Empirically, I analyze neighborhood-embedded bottom-up school reforms committed to social cohesion. The paths these reforms eventually take were shaped by different coalitions geared around specific school policy frames. Frames indeed play a crucial role in building a coalition toward progressive school reforms. In addition, their sustainability in a political environment, increasingly shifting toward development policies, hinges on the dominant frame underlying the reforms as well as the properties of the network advancing them

Cohesion (chemistry · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Framing (construction · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sustainability · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration · School Choice and Performance