Education and the State: A Study in Political Economy
Education and the State first appeared in 1965 and was immediately hailed as one of the century's most important works on education. In the thirty years that have followed, the questions this book raised concerning state-run education have grown immeasurably in urgency and intensity. Education and the State re-examines the role of government in education and challenges the fundamental statist assumption that the state is best able to provide an education for the general population.\ West...
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Education and the State first appeared in 1965 and was immediately hailed as one of the century's most important works on education. In the thirty years that have followed, the questions this book raised concerning state-run education have grown immeasurably in urgency and intensity. Education and the State reexamines the role of government in education and challenges the fundamental statist assumption that the state is best able to provide an education for the general population.West explores the views on education of the nineteenth-century British reformers and classical economists who argued the necessity of state education. He demonstrates that by the Forster Act of 1870 the state system of education was superimposed upon successful private efforts, thereby suppressing an emerging and increasingly robust structure of private, voluntary, and competitive education funded by families, churches, and philanthropies.This new and expanded edition of Education and the State addresses the American situation in education, applying the lessons learned from the study of British institutions. It also broadens the lessons' application from education to the conduct of democracy as a political system. Booknews West (economics, Carleton U.) explores 19th century British reformers' and classical economists' views on education, and addresses the American situation, applying the lessons learned from the study of British institutions. He examines the role of government in education and challenges the fundamental assumption that the state is best able to provide an education for the general population. Paper edition (unseen), $8.00. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Foreword xiii Introduction xvii Preface xxiii Acknowledgements xxix Part one\ Protection of Infants Principle\ Chapter 1. State Protection of Minors in Theory 3\ Chapter 2. State Protection of Minors in Practice: The English Education Act of 1944 14 Part two\ The Political Economists’ Argument of the ‘Neighbourhood Effects’ of Education\ Chapter 3. The ‘Neighbourhood Effects’ Argument 31\ Chapter 4. Education to Make Democracy Work 45\ Chapter 5. Equality of Opportunity 58\ Chapter 6. Education and the Quest for ‘Common Values’ 84\ Chapter 7. Education and Economic Growth 107 Part three\ Theoretical and Empirical Antecedents\ Chapter 8. The Classical Economists on Education 137\ Chapter 9. Literacy—Before and after 1870 157\ Chapter 10. The Rise and Fall of Nineteenth-Century Private Schools for the Masses 170\ Chapter 11. The Quality of Schooling before and after 1870 199\ Chapter 12. Twentieth-Century Legislative Changes and the Struggle for Control 215 Part four\ New Patterns in State Responsibility\ Chapter 13. An Educational Model in Political Economy 247\ Chapter 14. Are Twentieth-Century Parents Competent to Choose? 259\ Chapter 15. ‘Neighbourhood Effects’ in Perspective 279\ Chapter 16. Conclusion to the Second Edition 286 Part five\ A Further Case Study of Public Intervention\ Chapter 17. The Political Economy of American Public School Legislation 295 Select Bibliography 339\ Recommended Reading 345\ Other Publications by E. G. West 347 Index 353
\ BooknewsWest (economics, Carleton U.) explores 19th century British reformers' and classical economists' views on education, and addresses the American situation, applying the lessons learned from the study of British institutions. He examines the role of government in education and challenges the fundamental assumption that the state is best able to provide an education for the general population. Paper edition (unseen), $8.00. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
