Bildungssouveränität und Schulträgerschaft in Europa in historisch-vergleichender Sicht

Abstract

The current period signals a shift of paradigm in the relations between the nation-state and the 'national education System' with regard to the educational sovereignty the modern state has held for three hundred years. It is challenged by international und supranational institutions emerging from associations among national member states, such as the European Union. Beyond these 'public' institutions educational sovereignty becomes a target of intervention by the globalising markets, whereby GATS acts as their most influential agent. This observation points the way to the 'pre-history' of educational sovereignty before the rise of the modern state. This topic is discussed with special regard to the relations between the public and non-public sector of education Systems in this historical process.