Soft privatisation: Mapping an emerging field of European education governance
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Soft privatisation : Mapping an emerging field of European education governance. / Cone, Lucas; Brøgger, Katja.
In: Globalisation, Societies and Education, Vol. 18, No. 4, 2020, p. 374-390.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Soft privatisation
T2 - Mapping an emerging field of European education governance
AU - Cone, Lucas
AU - Brøgger, Katja
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This paper introduces the concept of ‘soft privatisation’. Departing from a review of the literature examining the growing participation of private sector actors in the provision of public education across Europe, the paper investigates how privatisation has emerged in the context of the European Union as a phenomenon embedded in, rather than a replacement of, public education. Through analysing the creation of a European education area – and the move of European education from being a driver for economic growth to becoming an Economy in itself – the paper argues that privatisation in Europe is deeply imbricated with the network modes of public education governance characteristic of the European Union and the Bologna Process. These entanglements have implications both for the transparency and political accountability of private sector actors involved in public education.
AB - This paper introduces the concept of ‘soft privatisation’. Departing from a review of the literature examining the growing participation of private sector actors in the provision of public education across Europe, the paper investigates how privatisation has emerged in the context of the European Union as a phenomenon embedded in, rather than a replacement of, public education. Through analysing the creation of a European education area – and the move of European education from being a driver for economic growth to becoming an Economy in itself – the paper argues that privatisation in Europe is deeply imbricated with the network modes of public education governance characteristic of the European Union and the Bologna Process. These entanglements have implications both for the transparency and political accountability of private sector actors involved in public education.
U2 - 10.1080/14767724.2020.1732194
DO - 10.1080/14767724.2020.1732194
M3 - Journal article
VL - 18
SP - 374
EP - 390
JO - Globalisation, Societies and Education
JF - Globalisation, Societies and Education
SN - 1476-7724
IS - 4
ER -
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