The New Governance of French Education

Bibliographic Data

ID8086142
AuthorsAlistair Cole (0000-0002-9222-0523, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume79
Issue3
Pages707-724
Publication date2001-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublic Administration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-3298 • E-ISSN: 1467-9299
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-9299.00276
OpenAlexW1966440467
LanguageEN
Citations received10

This article contributes to ongoing debates in comparative public administration through exploring the governance paradigm in the unfavourable empirical terrain of French education. After identifying potentially relevant features of governance, we investigate changing patterns of policy‐making in French education at macro, meso and micro levels. Extrapolating research findings from extensive interviews and participant observation at ministerial meetings, we conclude the existence of a French‐style governance that operates within distinctive ideational and institutional environments and interest structures. The article emphasizes the importance of historical and institutional traditions in framing the available pathways of governance

Corporate governance · Economics · Framing (construction · Geography · Management · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Style (visual arts · Education, sociology, and vocational training · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Public Administration

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