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The travelling inspector? Education policy and the making of Europe
The travelling inspector is a new phenomenon –although education in Europe has always ‘travelled’, inspectors were firmly rooted and derived influence from their local and authoritative standing as education ‘connoisseurs’.
Open policy making: procedural or instrumental?
One of the questions at the SKAPE launch on Thursday was whether the UK government was pursuing open policymaking for procedural (increasing involvement, democratic engagement in the policymaking process) or for instrumental reasons (getting better results).
Why real policy impact is so difficult to evidence
By Christina Boswell Many of us recently went through the painful experience of trying to evidence the impact of research on policy, as part of
Reflections on the launch of SKAPE: freedom and reason as rival modes of governance?
SKAPE Co-Director Steve Yearley reflects on the launch of SKAPE and its aims.
Targets in public policy: disciplining or signaling?
Targets have become a popular tool for galvanising improvements to public services across OECD countries. But targets also have an important signalling function: they can be adopted to signal a commitment to, or underscore achievement of, a range of political or organisational goals.
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