Education for All? - Literature, Culture and Education Development in Britain and Denmark

"This book offers a unique look at historical policymaking to explore how nineteenth-century fiction writers influenced the creation of public-school systems in Denmark and Great Britain. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details"--

List of contents

Introduction: Education for Some or Education for All? 1. Culture and the Paradox of Education Systems; 2. Culture and Continuity through Institutional Change; 3. Romancing the Nation: Education and State-Building in 1800; 4. Expanding Educational Access in the Age of Social Realism; 5. Education in the Age of Empire: Globalization, Technological Change and the Race for Supremacy; 6. Cultural Echos of the Past in Contemporary Education Reforms.

About the author

Cathie Jo Martin is Professor of Political Science at Boston University. Martin's book with Duane Swank, The Political Construction of Business Interests, received the APSA David Greenstone book award. She has received fellowships from the Radcliffe Institute, National Endowment for the Humanities and Russell Sage Foundation, among others.

Summary

This book offers a unique look at historical policymaking to explore how nineteenth-century fiction writers influenced the creation of public-school systems in Denmark and Great Britain. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

Foreword

Investigates how nineteenth-century fiction writers influenced the creation of public-school systems in Denmark and Great Britain.

Product details

• Authors: Cathie Jo Martin, Cathie Jo (Boston University) Martin, Martin Cathie Jo
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2023
• EAN: 9781009419659
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0941965-9
• No. of pages: 286
• 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; Denmark, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Educational strategies & policy, Educational strategies and policy