Image of The Politics of Comprehensive School Reforms : Cleavages and Coalitions

Text

The Politics of Comprehensive School Reforms : Cleavages and Coalitions

Why are school systems structured differently across countries? The Politics of Comprehensive School Reform examines this question through an in-depth analysis of school politics in Germany and Norway during the post-war period of educational expansion. Using a Rokkanian theoretical framework, the book argues that school politics can only be understood in light of the cleavages, or political divides, that shape actors' interests, ideologies, and inclinations for who they want to cooperate with – or not. The book analyzes cross-cutting cleavages connected to religion, geography, language, anticommunism, and gender, and demonstrates how Norwegian social democrats and German Christian democrats built successful coalitions by mobilizing support from different social groups. Extensively researched and expansively applicable, this book contributes to the interdisciplinary literature on the politics of education, and to the field of comparative welfare and education regime research.

Availability

No copy data

Detail Information
Series Title
-
Call Number
370.9481 POL
Publisher
United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press.,
Collation
xi, 332 p ; ill
Language
English
ISBN/ISSN
9781009235211
Classification
370.9481
Content Type
-
Media Type
-
Carrier Type
-
Edition
-
Subject(s)
History
Area studies
EUROPEAN STUDIES
European Government
Politics and Policy,
Theory
Cambridge Studies
Specific Detail Info
-
Statement of Responsibility
Other version/related

No other version available

File Attachment
Comments
You must be logged in to post a comment