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The Political Economy of Education provides academically rigorous yet clear explanations of the economics and politics driving today's educational systems and how economists analyze them. The book covers a host of topics central to teaching about education and crucial to educational policy. These include how to use the tools of economic and political theory to take critical measure of education's role in social mobility and economic growth, whether good teachers can overcome social class and race achievement gaps, the effectiveness of early childhood and vocational education, and debates on school accountability and whether increasing spending on schooling improves quality. The book also explores worldwide changes in higher education, especially massification and increased stratification and privatization. Written for upper undergraduate and graduate students in economics, public policy, and education and packed with real-world examples, this is an essential text for anyone interested in gaining fresh and international perspectives on education.
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Martin Carnoy is the Lemann Foundation Chair of Education and Economics at Stanford University. He began five decades in the economics of education field studying under Theodore Schultz at the University of Chicago in the early sixties. Since then, he has been engaged in almost every major debate in the field, authoring over forty books and countless articles analyzing educational policy and systems on every continent and developing new frameworks and ways of measuring the process of education. International in outlook, Martin Carnoy has been awarded honorary doctorates around the world. Co-director of the Lemann Center at Stanford, and a former president of the Comparative and International Education Society, Carnoy is also a fellow of the National Academy of Education and of the International Academy of Education.
Riassunto
A textbook providing academically rigorous yet clear explanations of the economics and politics driving today's educational systems and how economists analyze them. This essential text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in economics, public policy, and education covers all major topics and is packed with international examples.
Prefazione
A textbook providing academically rigorous yet clear explanations of the economics and politics driving today's educational systems.
Relazione
'Destined to be a milestone in economics, politics of education, and political economy studies, this powerful handbook provides a comprehensive overview of economic research on education and a profound insight into the political role that education plays in society.' Patrizio Bianchi, University of Ferrara; chairholder of the UNESCO Chair in Education, Growth and Equality
