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Education between state, markets, and civil society : comparative perspectives / edited by Heinz-Dieter Meyer, William Lowe Boyd.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education and state--Cross-cultural studies.
- Education and state.
- Education--Social aspects--Cross-cultural studies.
- Education.
- Education--Economic aspects--Cross-cultural studies.
- Education--Economic aspects.
- Genre:
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 250 pages ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Education between states, markets, and civil society : comparative perspectives
- Place of Publication:
- Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2001.
- Summary:
- Scholars from the US & Europe explore the promise of "civil society" to rejeuvenate systems of public education that are frequently characterized by bureaucratic over-regulation, lack of diversity and choice, and inequality of opportunity.
- Contents:
- 1. Civil Society, Pluralism, and Education
- Introduction and Overview / Heinz-Dieter Meyer, William Lowe Boyd 1
- 2. Civil Society and Education
- The Return of an Idea / Heinz-Dieter Meyer 13
- 3. Civil Society and Schooling: Particularistic Voices and Public Spaces / Kenneth A. Strike 35
- 4. The Idea of an Education Mix: A Proposal to Strengthen Civil Society and Education in Germany / Ingo Richter 53
- 5. Church, State, and Civil Society: The Netherland's System of Schooling / AnneBert Dijkstra, Jaap Dronkers 63
- 6. The State and Civil Society in Education in England: Past Developments and Current Problems / Geoffrey Walford 81
- 7. Schools Between State and Civil Society in Germany and the United States: A Historical Perspective / Jurgen Herbst 101
- 8. Educational Autonomy in a Civil Society: A Model of Checks and Balances / Heinz-Dieter Meyer 119
- 9. Vouchers: Still (Largely) Untested and Why / Bruce S. Cooper, E. Vance Randall 137
- 10. Expanding the Third Sector in Education? A Critical View / Manfred Weiss 161
- 11. School Voluntarism, Social Capital, and Civil Society / Daniel J. Brown 177
- 12. Balancing the State, Markets, and Civil Society in Education Reform: Trends and Issues in England and the United States / William Lowe Boyd 197
- 13. Beyond the Nation-State: Educational Contention in Global Civil Society / Karen Mundy, Lynn Murphy 223.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0805831959
- OCLC:
- 44173035
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