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

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

List of contents

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

Product details

• Authors: A Weymann, A. Weymann
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349459780
• ISBN: 978-1-349-45978-0
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Transformations of the State; Transformations of the State
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; B, Educational Policy, Sociology of Education, Sociology, Political Sociology, Politics & government, Economic theory & philosophy, Economic Theory, Educational strategies & policy, Social research & statistics, Educational Policy and Politics, Education and state, Central / national / federal government policies, Education Policy, Quantitative Economics, Educational sociology, Education and sociology, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Palgrave Education Collection