The emergence of European boundary-spanning policy regimes: analysing intersectoral policy coordination in education and employment

Graf, L., Marques, M., Sørensen, T. B. and Dumay, X. (2023) The emergence of European boundary-spanning policy regimes: analysing intersectoral policy coordination in education and employment. Journal of Education and Work, (doi: 10.1080/13639080.2023.2275778) (Early Online Publication)

Abstract

While much attention has been paid to European policy arrangements in individual policy fields, European intersectoral policy coordination has been mostly an overlooked phenomenon, especially within the sectors of education and employment. Thus, in the introductory paper for this Special Issue, we offer a contemporary discussion of European intersectoral policy coordination. We firstly review the literature on intersectoral policy coordination, and secondly look at the application of concepts related to intersectoral policy coordination to supranational arrangements, especially the European Union. We then employ the concept of boundary-spanning policy regime and the related ‘I’ framework (issues, ideas, interests, and institutions) to discuss the individual pieces’ contributions. This serves to explore the strength of the intersectoral perspective when analysing European policy coordination in education and employment. We conclude with a discussion of the strengths and limitations of this approach and offer a research agenda to study supranational intersectoral policy coordination (in education and employment).

• Item Type: Articles
• Keywords: Education, employment, intersectoral policy coordination, boundary-spanning-policy regimes, supranational governance, European Union.
• Status: Early Online Publication
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Sorensen, Dr Tore
• Authors: Graf, L., Marques, M., Sørensen, T. B., and Dumay, X.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Education
• Journal Name: Journal of Education and Work
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• ISSN: 1363-9080
• ISSN (Online): 1469-9435
• Published Online: 03 November 2023
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor and Francis Group
• First Published: First published in Journal of Education and Work 2023
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy