TY - JOUR
T1 - Framing the Policy Analysis of OECD and Australian VET Interaction
T2 - Two Heuristics of Policy Transfer
AU - Legrand, Timothy
AU - Vas, Christopher
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - This article considers the recent refurbishment of Australian Vocational Education and Training (VET) policy and highlights the substantial, though unacknowledged, influence of OECD ideas thereupon. It claims that this case study strengthens policy transfer analysts' understanding of the role of international organizations in the policy transfer process. The article argues that the influence of the OECD can be articulated as a channel of policy transfer via two connected perspectives: first, the OECD's use of peer review mechanisms induces ideational competition and conformity between member states; and, second, by virtue of the OECD's expertise and resources in select policy areas, it operates as a form of epistemic community that privileges some policy options over others.
AB - This article considers the recent refurbishment of Australian Vocational Education and Training (VET) policy and highlights the substantial, though unacknowledged, influence of OECD ideas thereupon. It claims that this case study strengthens policy transfer analysts' understanding of the role of international organizations in the policy transfer process. The article argues that the influence of the OECD can be articulated as a channel of policy transfer via two connected perspectives: first, the OECD's use of peer review mechanisms induces ideational competition and conformity between member states; and, second, by virtue of the OECD's expertise and resources in select policy areas, it operates as a form of epistemic community that privileges some policy options over others.
KW - OECD
KW - epistemic communities
KW - policy transfer
KW - vocational education and training
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84903277766&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13876988.2014.910909
DO - 10.1080/13876988.2014.910909
M3 - Article
SN - 1387-6988
VL - 16
SP - 230
EP - 248
JO - Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice
JF - Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice
IS - 3
ER -