New Public Management and the Reform of Education European lessons for policy and practice

Contents

Foreword: Gary Anderson

Introduction

Chapter 1: NPM and educational reform in Europe

Helen M. Gunter, Emiliano Grimaldi, David Hall, Roberto Serpieri

The Liberal State:

Chapter 2: England - permanent instability in the European educational NPM 'laboratory'

David Hall and Helen M Gunter

The Social-Democratic State:

Chapter 3: Finland - NPM resistance or towards European neo-welfarism in education?

Michael Uljens, Lili-Ann Wolff and Sara Frontini

Chapter 4: Governing by new performance expectations in Norwegian schools

Guri Skedsmo and Jorunn Møller

Chapter 5: Reforming Swedish education through New Public Management and quasi-markets

Nafsika Alexiadou and Lisbeth Lundhal

The Administrative State:

Chapter 6: New Public Management in the French educational system: between affirmation of the state and decentralised governance

Jean-Louis Derouet and Romuald Normand

Chapter 7: NPM and the reculturing of the Italian education system: the making of new fields of visibility

Emiliano Grimaldi, Paolo Landri and Roberto Serpieri

Chapter 8: The dissemination and adoption of NPM ideas in Catalan education: a cultural political economy approach

Antoni Verger and Marta Curran

The Post-Communist State:

Chapter 9: New Public Management in Czech education: From the side road to the highway?

Arnošt Veselý, Jan Kohoutek and Stanislav Štech.

Chapter 10: Elements of New Public Management in the context of the Hungarian education system, 1990-2010

Anna Imre and Ágnes Fazekas

Chapter 11: New Headteacher roles following the decentralisation of Romanian Education

Ana-Cristina Popescu

Conclusion

Chapter 12: NPM and the dynamics of education policy and practice in Europe

Helen M Gunter, Emiliano Grimaldi, David Hall, Roberto Serpieri

References