States, markets and education : the rise and limits of the education state /

Throughout Western history, education has been brought to larger shares of the population for longer periods of their lives. With the development of nation-states, education has become a social right, a basis for democratic self-determination, and a means of providing wealth and social security. And...

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Main Author:	Weymann, Ansgar, 1945- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Series:	Transformations of the state.
Subjects:	Education and state. Education > Economic aspects.