Governance of Education in the United Kingdom
Convergence or Divergence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6301830 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tim Simkins (Sheffield Hallam University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 986-1002 |
| Publication date | 2014-11-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Local Government Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0300-3930 • E-ISSN: 1743-9388 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03003930.2012.726143 |
| OpenAlex | W1997911313 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 22 |
This article considers how structures and processes of governance in education have changed in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland over recent years, setting this discussion within the context of debates about the nature of governance and governing in public services more generally. It is argued, firstly, that governance needs to be considered as a comprehensive concept that encompasses both the role of the state and the range of other actors and processes through which educational provision is steered; and secondly, that governance is essentially about power: its distribution and its use. The article draws on these key ideas to explore the similarities and differences between the experiences of the four constituent jurisdictions of the United Kingdom over recent years. It considers whether the approaches in the jurisdictions are converging or diverging, the reasons underlying this, and prospects for the future. It is concluded that, while national histories and cultures have served to maintain very distinctive governance identities among the jurisdictions, international trends, and the ways in which governments respond to these, are putting these identities under considerable pressure
Context (archaeology · Convergence (economics · Corporate governance · Distribution (mathematics · Divergence (linguistics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Kingdom · Management · Political science · Power (physics · Sociology · State (computer science · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Ombudsman and Human Rights · Public Administration
Creating Citizen-Consumers
Education plc
The New Public Management in Action
Rethinking Governance
The Oxford handbook of public management
The Managerial State
Governing as Governance
Comparing England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Education reform and managerialism
Meta‐governance
Comparative governance
New Labour and School Leadership 1997–2007
New Philanthropy, New Networks and New Governance in Education
Economic integration, democracy and the welfare state
Changing images of the State
Education and nationalism
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |