Comparative Politics of Education - Teachers Unions and Education Systems Around the World

This book provides new evidence on teachers unions and their political activities across nations, and offers a foundation for a comparative politics of education.

List of contents

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.

Summary

This book speaks to political scientists, economists, sociologists and education researchers about the politics of education across nations, focusing on the power of teachers unions and their consequences for education reform. Policymakers will find it valuable for the enlightening new evidence it reveals about education and its politics worldwide.

Product details

• Authors: Terry M. (Stanford University Moe, Terry Wiborg Moe
• Assisted by: Terry Moe (Editor), Terry M Moe (Editor), Terry M. Moe (Editor), Terry M. (Stanford University Moe (Editor), Susanne Wiborg (Editor), Susanne (University College London) Wiborg (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9781316619766
• ISBN: 978-1-316-61976-6
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Cambridge Studies in the Comparative Politics of Education; Cambridge Studies in the Compa
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education