The comparative politics of education : teachers unions and education systems around the world / edited by Terry Moe, Stanford University ; Susanne Wiborg, UCL Institute of Education, College of London.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moe, Terry M., editor.

Wiborg, Susanne, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers' unions--Cross-cultural studies.

Teachers' unions.

Comparative education.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

vi, 339 pages : illustration ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Summary:

"Public education is critically important to the human capital, social well-being, and economic prosperity of nations. It is also an intensely political realm of public policy that is heavily shaped by power and special interests. Yet political scientists rarely study education, and education researchers rarely study politics. This volume attempts to change that by promoting the development of a coherent, thriving field on the comparative politics of education. As an opening wedge, the authors carry out an 11-nation comparative study of the political role of teachers unions, showing that as education systems everywhere became institutionalized, teachers unions pursued their interests by becoming well-organized, politically active, highly influential - and during the modern era, the main opponents of neoliberal reform. Across diverse nations, the commonalities are striking. The challenge going forward is to expand on this study's scope, theory, and evidence to bring education into the heart of comparative politics"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107168886

1107168880

9781316619766

1316619761

OCLC:

957554654