Policy Convergence, Divergence and Intragenerational Equity in EU15 Nations

2014 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Policy Convergence ◽  
Intragenerational Equity

Global policy convergence through “distributed governance”? The emergence of “national” education standards in the US and Germany

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sigrid Hartong
Keyword(s):  
Core Curriculum ◽  
State Standards ◽  
Education Standards ◽  
Global Policy ◽  
Policy Convergence ◽  
National Education ◽  
Policy Sector ◽  
The Us ◽  
And Performance ◽  
National Education Standards

This article focuses on the discussion of global policy convergence through the implementation of “distributed governance” within the education policy sector. Here, the focus is directed at the emergence of national education standards (NES) as a simultaneous instrument of fair school control and performance increase. Both the US and Germany show a high traditional resistance to nationally centralised educational control, but experienced a massive transformation in this direction by the recent implementation of a national core curriculum initiative (National Education Standardsin Germany andCommon Core State Standardsin the US). This article will rely on global governance and distributed governance research, focusing on the concept of “heterarchies”, to analyse the interplay of global and national contexts in the case of the rise of NES in the US and Germany, ultimately showing the concepts' contributions (and limits) to explain policy convergence.

Globalization and Policy Convergence

2001 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel W. Drezner
Keyword(s):  
Policy Convergence
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