Bringing Down Educational Wall Political Regimes Ideology Expansi… 9781107024540

Name: Bringing Down Educational Wall Political Regimes Ideology Expansi… 9781107024540
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Bringing Down the Educational Wall\n\nPolitical Regimes, Ideology, and the Expansion of Education\n\nThe book studies how democracy and the ideology of dictatorships condition the effects of economic development and inequality on the expansion of education.\n\nDulce Manzano (Author)\n\n9781107024540 (SKU 3292978), Cambridge University Press\n\nHardback, published 9 June 2017\n\n278 pages\n23.5 x 15.6 x 1.9 cm, 0.53 kg\n\n'What is the effect of political institutions on the well-being of citizens, especially their educational advancement? To answer this question, Manzano distinguishes \u2013 both theoretically and empirically \u2013 between left- and right-wing dictatorships. She convincingly shows that for much of the post-World War II period, left-wing dictatorships have done more to expand education than either their right-wing counterparts or democracies. Through rigorous theorizing and care data analysis, Manzano's work is a major contribution to both the comparative study of aut]