This book addresses one the most contentious issues of postwar Western Europe, namely the organization of the primary and secondary stages of schooling in state education systems. In examining the politics of continuity and change in postwar schooling in Britain and the Federal Republic Germany, Gregory Baldi seeks to contribute to more general understandings of education's place in the welfare state, the development of social institutions, and the relationship between material and ideational factors in shaping political outcomes over time.

Addresses one of the most contentious issues of postwar Western Europe Examines the politics of continuity and change in postwar schooling in Britain and the Federal Republic Germany Contributes to more general understandings of education's place in the welfare state

Autorentext

Gregory Baldi is Associate Professor of Political Science at Western Illinois University, USA. His work has been published in West European Politics and The British Journal of Politics and International Relations.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Organizing General Education.- 3. Explaining Educational Outcomes.- 4. Britain I: The Tripartite System.- 5. Britain II: Shifting Discourses in Education.- 6. Britain III: Comprehensive Change.- 7. Germany I: The Reconstruction of General Education.- 8. Germany II: Historical Legacies and Frozen Discourses.- 9. Germany III: The Failure of Reform.- 10. The Contemporary Politics of Schooling.- 11. Conclusion: The Ideational Logic of Comparative Education.