Public opinion and the political economy of education policy around the world / edited by Martin R. West and Ludger Woessmann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

West, Martin R., editor.

Woessmann, Ludger, editor.

Series:

CESifo Seminar

CESifo seminar series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education and state--Public opinion--Case studies.

Education and state.

Education--Public opinion--Case studies.

Education.

Schools--Public opinion--Case studies.

Schools.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]

Summary:

Comparative analyses of public opinion on education policy in developed countries.Although research has suggested a variety of changes to education policy that have the potential to improve educational outcomes, politicians are often reluctant to implement such evidence-based reforms. Public opinion and pressure by interest groups would seem to have a greater role in shaping education policy than insights drawn from empirical data. The construction of a comparative political economy of education that seeks to explain policy differences among nations is long overdue. This book offers the first comparative inventory and analysis of public opinion on education in developed countries, drawing on data primarily from Europe and the United States.Contributors first compare public attitudes about such policy topics as education spending and the status of teachers across many countries, with a particular emphasis on the two largest industrialized nations in the western world, the United States and Germany. The book then offers case studies of education policies and reforms in specific settings. Chapters examine issues including partisan and ideological conflict over government spending on schools in the United States; the effect of information provision on German public opinion on education; and demographic differences and education policy preferences in Switzerland. ContributorsSamuel Barrows, Marius R. Busemeyer, Maria A. Cattaneo, Peter Dolton, Julian L. Garritzmann, Michael B. Henderson, Anja Kilibarda, Philipp Lergetporer, Oliver McClellan, Paul E. Peterson, Robert Y. Shapiro, Sofi Sinozich, Katharina Werner, Martin R. West, Ludger Woessmann, Stefan C. Wolter

Contents:

Intro

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright

Table of Contents

Series Foreword

I: Introduction

1. Toward a Comparative Political Economy of Education: Insights and Gaps

II: Comparative Evidence

2. Public Opinion on Education Policies: A Multicountry Perspective

3. Is Seeing Believing? How Americans and Germans Think about Their Schools

4. Public Opinion on Teacher Pay and Status: Evidence across Countries

III: Country Case Studies

5. American Public Opinion and Partisan Conflict: Education's Exceptionalism?

6. Ten-Year Trends in Public Opinion on US Schools

7. Public Opinion on Education Policy in Germany

8. Selected Findings from Ten Years of Public Opinion Surveys on Education in Switzerland

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262363471

026236347X

9780262363488

0262363488

OCLC:

1202406500