{"product_id":"public-opinion-and-the-political-economy-of-education-policy-around-the-world-isbn-9780262045681","title":"Public Opinion and the Political Economy of Education Policy around the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eComparative analyses of the influence of public opinion on education policy in developed countries.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough research has suggested a variety of changes to education policy that have the potential to improve educational outcomes, politicians are often reluctant to implement such evidence-based reforms. Public opinion and pressure by interest groups would seem to have a greater role in shaping education policy than insights drawn from empirical data. The construction of a comparative political economy of education that seeks to explain policy differences among nations is long overdue. This book offers the first comparative inventory and analysis of public opinion and education in developed countries, drawing on data primarily from Europe and the United States.Series Foreword \u003cbr\u003eI Introduction\u003cbr\u003e1 Toward a Comparative Political Economy of Education: Insights and Gaps 3\u003cbr\u003eII Comparative Evidence \u003cbr\u003e2 Public Opinion on Education Policies: A Multicountry Perspective\u003cbr\u003e3 Is Seeing Believing? How Americans and Germans Think about Their Schools\u003cbr\u003e4 Public Opinion on Teacher Pay and Status: Evidence across Countries\u003cbr\u003eIII Country Case Studies\u003cbr\u003e5 American Public Opinion and Partisan Conflict: Education's Exceptionalism?\u003cbr\u003e6 Ten-Year Trends in Public Opinion on US Schools\u003cbr\u003e7 Public Opinion on Education Policy in Germany\u003cbr\u003e8 Selected Findings from Ten Years of Public Opinion Surveys on Education in Switzerland\u003cbr\u003eContributors \u003cbr\u003eIndexLudger Woessmann is Professor of Economics at the University of Munich and Director of the Ifo Center for the Economics of Education and Innovation. Martin R. West is William Henry Bloomberg Professor of Education at Harvard University.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44866688319717,"sku":"NP9780262045681","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262045681.jpg?v=1767735198","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/public-opinion-and-the-political-economy-of-education-policy-around-the-world-isbn-9780262045681","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}