From Class to Identity: The Politics of Education Reforms in Former Yugoslavia

Jana Bacevic's book From Class to Identity provides an innovative analysis of education policy-making in the Western Balkans, connecting education policy to broader questions about society, politics, and culture. It offers an example of how to include the social, political, and cultural context in the understanding of policy reforms and shows how different answers to these questions influence the contents and outcomes of policies.

Format: Hardback
Length: 250 pages
Publication date: 17 January 2025
Publisher: Central European University Press

Jana Bacevic's innovative analysis of education policy-making in the Western Balkans explores the processes of social transformation and post-conflict development. Based on case studies of educational reform in the former Yugoslavia, "From Class to Identity" tells the story of the political processes and motivations underlying each reform. The book moves away from technical-rational or prescriptive approaches that dominate the literature on education policy-making during social transformation and offers an example of how to include the social, political, and cultural context in the understanding of policy reforms. It connects education policy at a particular time in a particular place with broader questions such as the role of education in society, the kind of education needed for a good society, and the targets of education policies (individuals/citizens, ethnic/religious/linguistic groups, societies). Bacevic shows how different answers to these questions influence the contents and outcomes of policies.

Weight: 486g
Dimension: 234 x 159 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9786155225727