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Title The Political construction of education : the state, school expansion, and economic change / edited by Bruce Fuller and Richard Rubinson
Published New York : Praeger, 1992

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Description xiii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents (cont.) Who should be schooled? The politics of class, race, and ethnicity / Pamela Barnhouse Walters -- The politics of American Catholic school expansion, 1870-1930 / David P. Baker -- Historical expansion of special education / John G. Richardson -- Conditions underlying legitimate and strong institutions. The social construction of motives for educational expansion / John W. Meyer
Does the state expand schooling? Review of the evidence / Bruce Fuller and Richard Rubinson -- Rising demand for schooling : institutional origins and political accommodations. The rise of popular literacy in Europe / David Mitch -- Building the institution of mass schooling : isomorphism in the modern world / Francisco O. Ramirez and Marc J. Ventresca -- Institutions, citizenship, and schooling in Sweden / John Boli -- Western versus Islamic schooling : conflict and accommodation in Nigeria / William R. Morgan and J. Michael Armer -- Legitimating the state's involvement in early childhood programs / Sorca O'Connor -- When does school expansion influence economic change? Specifying the effects of education on national economic growth / Richard Rubinson and Bruce Fuller -- Educational expansion and economic growth in the modern world, 1913-1985 / Aaron Benavot -- The economics of school expansion and decline / Walter W. McMahon -- The political construction of school supply. Strong states and educational expansion : France versus Italy / Jerald Hage and Maurice Garnier
Analysis Education Related to Politics
Notes "This book is the result of the School Expansion Workgroup's annual meetings"--Pref
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-254) and index
Subject Education and state.
Education -- Economic aspects.
Education -- Political aspects.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Fuller, Bruce.
Rubinson, Richard.
LC no. 91033893
ISBN 027593831X