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

Reform strategies across European nation states are radical and localised but it is important to recognize diversity and patterns within networks of ideas and policy actors. This book addresses this complex and dynamic situation by focusing on New Public Management as a major shaper and influencer of educational reforms within, between and across nation states. The accounts from ten countries not only show the impact of NPM locally, but also the interplay between the local and European policy spaces. The book actively contributes to debates and analysis within critical policy studies about the impact and resilience of NPM, and offers a more nuanced and complex picture of how NPM can be built.