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Podcast: New Books in Education
Episode: Christian Ydesen, "The OECDâs Historical Rise in Education: The Formation of a Global Governing Complex" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)
Description: In 1961, it was famously declared that the âfight for education is too important to be left solely to the educators.â Enter the OECD. In The OECDâs Historical Rise in Education: The Formation of a Global Governing Complex (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), Christian Ydesen offers a well-edited volume that illuminates how the OECD normalized its influence over global education policy from its Cold War origins until today. Ydesen argues for an interpretation of the OECD as a âglobal governing complexâ that roots its power in comparative data and the production of educational norms. How did the OECD, initially an outgrowth of Marshall Plan...