States, Markets and Education: The Rise and Limits of the Education State

ISBN-13: 9781137326478 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 190 str.

Ansgar Weymann

Opis

Education policy is a core element of the state's sovereignty and autonomy. This book analyzes the rise of the western education state and its limits in times of transition from western to non-western globalization and of waning newspaper interest in France, Germany, the UK and the US.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Political Power, the Economy, and Integration 3. Founding Ideas of Education Policy 4. The Ascent of the Education State in Europe 5. Growth and Stagflation in the Human Capital Century 6. Front-Page Coverage in the Twentieth Century 7. Victorious Nations and Empires - 1900 to 1910 8. Welfare States: Education as a Cure-All - 1950 to 2007 9. Ascents and Descents 10. Towards Internationalization and Hellenism

O autorze

Ansgar Weymann is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bremen, Germany. He has previously published Transformation of Education Policy (co-edited).