From Ballot to Blackboard Redistributive Political Economy Educat… 9780521190183

From the Ballot to the BlackboardThe Redistributive Political Economy of Education\nAuthor(s): Ben W. Ansell\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521190183, 978-0521190183\nSynopsis\nFrom the Ballot to the Blackboard provides the first comprehensive account of the political economy of education spending across the developed and developing world. The book demonstrates how political forces like democracy and political partisanship and economic factors like globalization deeply impact the choices made by voters, parties, and leaders in financing education. The argument is developed through three stories that track the historical development of education: first, its original expansion from the elite to the masses; second, the partisan politics of education in industrialized states; and third, the politics of higher education. The book uses a variety of complementary methods to demonstrate the importanc.