The question of quality has become one of the most important framing
factors in education and has been of growing interest to international
organisations and national policymakers for decades. Politics of Quality in Education focuses
on Brazil, China, and Russia, part of the so-called emerging nations’
BRICS block, and draws on a four-year project to develop a new
theoretical and methodological approach.

The book builds a comparative, sociohistorical, and transnational
understanding of political relations in education, with a particular
focus on the policies and practices of Quality Assurance and Evaluation
(QAE). Tracking QAE processes from international organisations to
individual schools, contributors analyse how QAE changes the dynamics in
the roles of state, expertise, and governance. The book demonstrates
how national and sub-national actors play a central role in the
adaptation, modification or rejection of transnational policies.