The Comparative Politics of Education (Cambridge Studies in the Comparative Politics of Education)
Cambridge University Press, 11/30/2016
EAN 9781316619766, ISBN10: 1316619761
Paperback, 320 pages, 22.8 x 13.3 x 1.8 cm
Language: English
Public education is critically important to the human capital, social well-being, and economic prosperity of nations. It is also an intensely political realm of public policy that is heavily shaped by power and special interests. Yet political scientists rarely study education, and education researchers rarely study politics. This volume attempts to change that by promoting the development of a coherent, thriving field on the comparative politics of education. As an opening wedge, the authors carry out an 11-nation comparative study of the political role of teachers unions, showing that as education systems everywhere became institutionalized, teachers unions pursued their interests by becoming well-organized, politically active, highly influential - and during the modern era, the main opponents of neoliberal reform. Across diverse nations, the commonalities are striking. The challenge going forward is to expand on this study's scope, theory, and evidence to bring education into the heart of comparative politics.
1. Introduction
2. Teachers unions in the United States
the politics of blocking Terry Moe
3. Teachers unions in England
the end is nigh? Susanne Wiborg
4. Teachers unions in France
making fundamental reform an impossible quest? Michael Dobbins
5. Teachers unions in Germany
fragmented competitors Rita Nikolai, Kendra Briken and Dennis Niemann
6. Teachers unions in the Nordic countries
solidarity and the politics of self interest Susanne Wiborg
7. Teachers unions in Japan
the frustration of permanent opposition Robert Aspinall
8. Teachers unions in Mexico
the politics of patronage Christopher Chambers-Ju and Leslie Finger
9. Teachers unions in India
diverse, powerful, and coercive Tara Beteille, Geeta Gandhi Kingdon and Mohd Muzammil
10. The comparative politics of education
teachers unions and education systems across the world Terry Moe.