Parents, Schools and the State: Global Perspectives

This book explores the changing relationships between families, schools, and the state in Australia, Germany, India, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, the United States, and other countries in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. It examines how parents choose educational pathways for their children and how this affects the relationship between parents and schools, as well as the nature of parenthood. The chapters consider how global educational programs and ideas are implemented in national and local settings and how they intersect with social and cultural patterns.

Format: Unspecified
Length: 128 pages
Publication date: 14 November 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book delves into the intricate dynamics of evolving relationships between families, schools, and the state across a diverse array of nations, spanning the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Drawing upon the expertise of esteemed international scholars, the book comprises eight chapters that explore the critical role of parents in selecting the appropriate educational pathways for their children, offering comparative insights into various state contexts and the practices of "educational parenting." The contributors examine the notion that a significant investment of contemporary parents revolves around formal education, not only shaping the relationship between parents and schools but also redefining the essence of parenthood itself. Parents are analyzed not only as local actors within schools but also as subjects of national and international policy regimes, particularly the prevailing imperatives of marketization.

The chapters, with a strong focus on social change, examine the implementation of global educational programs and ideas in both national and local contexts. The collected national and local studies attend to diverse confluences of local, regional, and transnational factors, considering a wide range of social and cultural patterns, as well as national and local educational structures and policy regimes.

Parents, Schools, and The State: Global Perspectives will serve as an invaluable resource for academics, researchers, and advanced students engaged in comparative education, educational policy and leadership, educational research, history of education, sociology, research methods, and politics. Originally published as a special issue of Comparative Education, this book offers a wealth of insights and perspectives that will contribute to the ongoing discourse on education and society.

Weight: 420g
Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032599519