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Education and State Formation : Europe, East Asia and the USA / by A. Green.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Green, A., Author.
- Series:
- Education, Economy and Society, 2947-8553
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational sociology.
- Education--History.
- Education.
- Education and state.
- International education.
- Comparative education.
- Sociology of Education.
- History of Education.
- Education Policy.
- Educational Policy and Politics.
- International and Comparative Education.
- Local Subjects:
- Sociology of Education.
- History of Education.
- Education Policy.
- Educational Policy and Politics.
- International and Comparative Education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (446 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed. 2013.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Education has always been a key instrument of nation-building in new states. National education systems have typically been used to assimilate immigrants; to promote established religious doctrines; to spread the standard form of national languages; and to forge national identities and national cultures. They helped construct the very subjectivities of citizenship, justifying the ways of the state to the people and the duties of the people to the state. In this second edition of his seminal and widely-acclaimed book on the origins of public education in England, France, Prussia, and the USA, Andy Green shows how education has also been used as a tool of successful state formation in the developmental states of East Asia. While human capital theories have focused on how schools and colleges supply the skills for economic growth, Green shows how the forming of citizens and national identities through education has often provided the necessary condition for both economic and social development.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Introduction; 1 The Uneven Development of National Education Systems in the West; 2 The Social Origins of National Education Systems; 3 Education and State Formation; 4 Education and Statism in Continental Europe; 5 The US Experience: Education, Nationhood and the Decentralized State; 6 English Education and the Liberal State; Conclusion: Education and State Formation in the West; Postscript: Education and State Formation in East Asia; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137341747
- 1137341742
- 9781137341754
- 1137341750
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