Post-education-for-all and sustainable development paradigm : structural changes with diversifying actors and norms / edited by Shoko Yamada.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 12, 2016).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Recommendations; Acknowledgements; References; List of Abbreviation; Theorizing the Paradigm Shift in Educational Development; Abstract; The EFA Era and Studies on Global Structures for Education and Development; Reviewing the EFA Process; Theories about Global Mechanisms of International Educational Development; Analysis of the Changing Nature of International Relations; Interactions among Diversifying Actors; Nonstate Channels of Influence; Nontraditional Bilateral Donors; Rationale for Focusing on Actors in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Challenges to International Relations Theories from the Non-WestConclusion; Chapters in This Volume; Notes; References; Part I Post-Efa Discourse in the Historical, Structural, Normative, and Geopolitical Contexts; Education for All as a Global Regime of Educational Governance: Issues and Tensions; Abstract; Introduction; Understanding EFA Architecture as a Global Regime of Educational Governance; The Genealogy of EFA as a Global Regime of Educational Governance; Jomtien and the Development of the EFA Vision; DAC/OECD Report on 'Shaping the 21st Century'; The Dakar Framework for Action.

The Millennium Development Goals as the Dominant Manifestation of EFAThe Fast Track Initiative; The Rome and Paris Declarations on Aid Effectiveness; Conclusion; Notes; References; Post-EFA Global Discourse: The Process of Shaping the Shared View of the 'Education Community'; Abstract; Introduction; Methodology; The Architecture of Consensus Building towards a Post-2015 Education Agenda; The SDG Process and UN Secretariat-Led Mechanisms; The Post-EFA Process and the UNESCO-Led Mechanisms; The Structure of EFA and the Post-EFA Consultation.

Major Forums towards Post-EFA and the Challenges of Setting Unified AgendasActors Involved in the Discourse; Civil Society Actors; Mission-Driven Civil Society Organizations; Constituency-Based Civil Society Organizations; Philanthropies; Multilateral Organizations and Groups; UNESCO and WEF Convening Agencies: UNICEF, UNFPA, UNDP and the World Bank; Global Partnership for Education; Theme-Specific Groups; The Private Sector; State Governments; Issues regarding Actors and Global Governance Structure; Structure, Discourse and Agencies.

Broad-Based Participation and Oligopoly of High-Level DecisionsLegitimacy of Representation; Emergence and Convergence of Key Issues; Review of EFA Experience and Education Targets in SDGs; EFA Reviews; SDG Targets and Means of Implementation; The Pandora's Box Named 'Quality of Education': Key Issues; Achieving Meaningful and Visible Educational Changes: Learning Outcomes, Skills and Assessment; To Operationalize SDG 4 Education Targets: Country Process and Financing; Trends Found in the Large-Sample Quantitative Text Analysis; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgements; References.

This book sheds light on the nexus of driving factors for the paradigm shift, based on the chapters on emerging state and nonstate actors and discourse on post-EFA agendas. Special attention will be given to actors in the Asia-Pacific region, which simultaneously demonstrate diversity and common regional features.

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