This book sheds light on the factors and processes that bring innovation into education policy, namely in the field of language education in migrant hosting contexts. It provides an application of the Multiple Streams Framework within two in-depth country case studies on Austria and Italy, with empirically derived implications for the original theoretical framework. The volume illustrates an education policy design that values language diversity and inclusion, and compares the underlying policymaking process with a less innovative experience. It builds upon grounded theory principles within a circular research process that starts from theory to set hypotheses. It structures the empirical analysis through qualitative research methods, whose application in turn produces new knowledge to refine the theory, illustrate implications for policy, and offer policy recommendations. The book will appeal to scholars, experts, practitioners and students who have an interest in policymaking, education, migrant integration and language.weiterlesen