Soft Governance, International Organizations and Education Policy Convergence

Part I. Framing Soft Governance, Education, and Convergence

1. Education in Transition: An Empirical Puzzle
Tonia Bieber

2. Measuring Convergence in Education Policy
Tonia Bieber

3. Soft Governance and Voluntary Policy Convergence: A Theoretical Framework
Tonia Bieber

4. Education Policy-Making in Switzerland: Origins and Trends
Tonia Bieber

Part II. Switzerland: An Extreme Case

5. Swiss Reforms in Compulsory Education: Drawing Lessons from PISA’s Revelations
Tonia Bieber

6. Swiss Reforms in Higher Education: The Poster Child of the Bologna Process
Tonia Bieber

7. Swiss Reforms in Vocational Education and Training: Cherry-Picking from the Copenhagen Process
Tonia Bieber

Part III. Comparative Conclusions

8. Explaining Convergence in Education Policy
Tonia Bieber

9. Soft Governance in Education: Lessons and Prospects
Tonia Bieber

Keywords: Education, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Higher Education, Public Policy, Public Administration, Education Policy, International Organization