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Education and the State: A Study in Political Economy

by E. G. West
Education and the State: A Study in Political Economy

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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 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 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 Foster 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 their application from education to the conduct of democracy as a political system.

Edwin G. West is Professor Emeritus of Economics at Carleton University, Ottawa.

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-346) and index.

Table of Contents

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


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ISBN:
9780865971356
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
06/01/1994
Publisher:
Liberty Fund
Language:
English
Edition:
3
Pages:
396
Height:
1.10IN
Width:
5.50IN
LCCN:
94003918
Age Range:
18 to 10
Grade Range:
13 to 5
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
1994
Series Volume:
6
UPC Code:
2800865971358
Foreword:
Arthur Seldon
Author:
Arthur Seldon
Author:
E. G. West
Author:
E G West
Intro:
Myron Lieberman
Subject:
History
Subject:
Education and state
Subject:
Education
Subject:
Education -- Economic aspects -- United States.

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