ABOUT BOOK

The question of quality has become one of the most important framing factors in education and has been of growing interest to international organisations ~and national policymakers for decades. Politics of Quality in Education focuses ~on Brazil, China, and Russia, part of the so-called emerging nations’ BRICS ~block, and draws on a four-year project to develop a new theoretical and ~methodological approach. ~The book builds a comparative, sociohistorical, and transnational understanding ~of political relations in education, with a particular focus on the policies and ~practices of quality assurance and evaluation (QAE). Tracking QAE processes ~from international organisations to individual schools, contributors analyse how ~QAE changes the dynamics in the roles of state, expertise, and governance. The ~book demonstrates how national and sub-national actors play a central role in ~the adaptation, modification, or rejection of transnational policies. ~Politics of Quality in Education will be of great interest to academics, researchers, ~and postgraduate students engaged in the study of comparative and international ~education, as well as educational policy and politics. It should also be essential ~reading for practitioners and policymakers.