On the absent ground of transnational partnerships in education: A post-foundational intervention. (8th August 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Knutsson, Beniamin; Lindberg, Jonas
• Is Part Of: Globalisation, societies and education. Volume 17:Number 4(2019)
• Page Start: 432
• Page End: 444
• Publication Date: 2019-08-08
• Subjects: Multi-stakeholder partnerships -- global governance -- international development -- post-foundational -- the political -- political action; Globalization -- Periodicals; Globalization -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Education -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Education -- Economic aspects -- Periodicals; Education and state -- Periodicals; Educational sociology -- Periodicals; International education -- Periodicals; 379
• DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2019.1583090
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1476-7724

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Transnational multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) are proliferating in the domain of education and development. This paper intervenes in scholarly discussions on such partnerships by pondering what post-foundational political thought might add. It is argued that both liberal and critical literature, albeit from very different viewpoints, tend to foreground order and stability. Drawing on post-foundational political theory, and a case study of the Global Partnership for Education, the present paper explores transnational MSPs in education as incomplete hegemonic projects. By bringing attention to fissures and disruptions, the paper exposes how the absent ground of 'the political' ultimately haunts the stability of partnerships.