Education and state formation : Europe, East Asia and the USA / Andy Green.
Education has always been a key instrument of nation-building in new states. National education systems have typically been used to assimilate immigrants; to promote established religious doctrines; to spread the standard form of national languages; and to forge national identities and national cult...
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Basingstoke :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2013.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Education, economy and society.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Uneven Development of National Education Systems
- 3. The Social Origins of National Education Systems
- 4. Education and State Formation
- 5. Education and Statism in Continental Europe
- 6. The U.S. Experience: Education, Nationhood and the Decentralized State
- 7. English Education and the Liberal State
- 8. Postscript: Education and State Formation in East Asia.