Political Construction of Education

BRUCE FULLER is Associate Professor of Education at Harvard University. He has worked on social policy and economic issues at the World Bank and the U.S. State Department. His current research focuses on how states attempt to influence local schools and families.RICHARD RUBINSON is Professor of Sociology at Emory University. His research is concerned with political and economic change in the world-economy. He is presently investigating the political determinants and economic consequences of national educational change.

• Preface Does the State Expand Schooling? Review of Evidence by Bruce Fuller and Richard Rubinson Rising Demand for Schooling: Institutional Origins and Political Accommodations The Rise of Popular Literacy in Europe by David Mitch Building the Institution of Mass Schooling: Isomorphism in the Modern World by Francisco O. Ramirez and Marc J. Ventresca Institutions, Citizenship, and Schooling in Sweden by John Boli Western versus Islamic Schooling: Conflict and Accommodation in Nigeria by William R. Morgan and J. Michael Armer Legitimating the State's Involvement in Early Childhood Programs by Sorca O'Connor When Does School Expansion Influence Economic Change? Specifying the Effects of Education on National Economic Growth by Richard Rubinson and Bruce Fuller Educational Expansion and Economic Growth in the Modern World, 1913-1985 by Aaron Benavot The Economics of School Expansion and Decline by Walter W. McMahon The Political Construction of School Supply Strong States and Educational Expansion: France versus Italy by Jerald Hage and Maurice Garnier Who Should Be Schooled? The Politics of Class, Race, and Ethnicity by Pamela Barnhouse Walters The Politics of American Catholic School Expansion, 1870-1930 by David Baker Historical Expansion of Special Education by John Richardson Conditions Underlying Legitimate and Strong Institutions The Social Construction of Motives for Educational Expansion by John W. Meyer Index