Rescaling education policy
Central–local relations and the politics of scale in England and Sweden
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6326451 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ingela Naumann (0000-0001-7237-603X, University of Edinburgh), Ingela K Naumann (University of Edinburgh), C Crouch (0000-0002-7222-8456, University of Warwick) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 583-601 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442 |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/030557320x15835195302535 |
| OpenAlex | W3014355996 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 38 |
Governments worldwide have sought to introduce greater choice and competition as mechanisms to improve the quality of education provision and outcomes. However, there is considerable cross-national variation in education policy, particularly regarding the role of local government. To explain such differences, this article focuses on recent reforms in compulsory education in England and Sweden. It shows that although governments in both countries have advocated choice, competition and participation, education reform has led to the centralisation of school governance in England but decentralisation in Sweden. Drawing on the concept of ‘scalecraft’ as a specific form of ‘statecraft’, it argues that these differences in the rescaling of education policy reflect different conceptions of central–local relations and the role of local government. More broadly, the article shows how national governments strategically use scalar reorganisation (scalecraft) to support broader political goals (statecraft), contributing to a better understanding of the spatial dimensions of public policy reform
Central government · Centralisation · Competition (biology · Corporate governance · Decentralization · Economic growth · Economics · Education policy · Education reform · Geography · Government (linguistics · Higher education · Local government · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Scale (ratio · Sociology · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities · Public Administration
Education plc
The Culture of Education
Making Markets in the Welfare State
Educational marketization the Swedish way
The New Welfare State Settlement in Europe
The Expansion of “Private” Schools in England, Sweden and Eastern Germany
From national policy-making to global edu-business
Sweden
Choosing for quality or inequality
Access to Childcare in Europe
Investing in the Citizen‐workers of the Future
The Choice Revolution
Rescaling the local
Territory and power in the United Kingdom
What Parents Want
The Development of the Academies Programme
New Labour’s citizens
Local Government Reforms in (Seven) European Countries
Citizenship, Consumerism and Local Government in Sweden
Political Partisanship and Welfare Service Privatization
The Discipline of the New Democracy
Decentralisation and Control
Social investment as a policy paradigm
Economic integration, democracy and the welfare state
Decentralization, Local Government, and the Welfare State
Inequality, marketisation and the left
Open questions on state rescaling
Reconstructing scale
The practice of scalecraft
The Craft of Scalar Practices
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |