Regionalization of education

Abstract

The chapter sketches out aspects of a critical social and educational regionalization research by dealing with the reference problems to which regionalization responds from a specific theoretical perspective: Starting with the distinction between social integration and system integration, it argues that regionalization presents a regulatory policy strategy of (post-)welfare state system integration, in the context of which education is redefined as a steering medium of social and economic policy. In conclusion, the question is discussed whether and to what extent regionalization is worth considering as one component of the solution to structural problems in the educational system.