Critical International Political Economy and Mechanisms/Pathways of Influence

Abstract

In recent decades, various perspectives on how education policymaking is transnationally influenced have gained currency, as discussed in Chap. 1. However, for my analysis of the policy formation and global trajectory of the Education with Community Participation (EDUCO) program, I draw on critical international political economy. In this chapter, in addition to explaining this theoretical perspective, I also elaborate on the particular forms of influence to which I will be attentive in my analysis of the processes through which EDUCO was created and then went global. These forms of influence are derived from the work of Dale (J Educ Pol 14(1):1–17, 1999) and Samoff (Foreign aid to education: Managing global transfers and exchanges. In L. Chishom & G. Steiner-Khamsi (Eds.), South-south cooperation in education and development (pp. 123–156). New York: Teachers College Press, 2009) and relate to mechanisms and pathways that impact national education policymaking.