In March and June,
2014 European Education will publish a special issue in two
volumes dedicated to marketization, privatization, and shadow
education in Southeast/Central Europe and Eurasia. This special issue
will be published in collaboration with the Privatization in Education Research Initiative (PERI), which is a global
initiative supported by the Education Support Program of the Open
Society Foundations. PERI seeks to contribute to a better
understanding of the mechanisms and outcomes of the marketization,
privatization, and private sector participation in education.
This region has a
unique contribution to make to the body of research already growing
under PERI because of the ways that private funds have flowed to
education in the 20 years since the collapse of the socialist bloc.
Rather than overt privatization visible through the development of
private schools, this region has seen a hybrid of public and private
financing as state budgets have not been sufficient to maintain the
quality and range of educational services offered in the past.
Parents have supplemented public education budgets by making informal
payments directly to schools or school-based NGOs, by topping up
teacher salaries, and by paying for private tutoring to ensure that
their children have access to the entire school curriculum necessary
for passing tests and university admission exams.
We welcome submissions
that explore the changing nature of public/private education
provision and address some of the following key questions: What are the main
facets of privatization or marketization of education in the
countries and sub-regions in Southeast/Central Europe and Eurasia? What are some of
the policy changes relating to marketization or privatization of
education in the countries and sub-regions in Southeast/Central
Europe and Eurasia and how have these policies originated and
resonated in the national contexts? Why have countries with similar
historical and transitional paths experienced different scope,
intensity, and nature of privatization in education? Given current trends in privatization the countries and sub-regions
in Southeast/Central Europe and Eurasia, what are the major concerns
related to equity/educational justice and education quality that are
either already manifesting themselves or are likely to manifest
themselves in the future.
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