Education Policy Books

New and Published Books

1. Achieving Education for All through Public–Private Partnerships?

   Non-State Provision of Education in Developing Countries

   Edited by Pauline Rose

   Series: Development in Practice Books

   Concern for achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 has led to a focus on the role that non-state providers (NSPs) can offer in extending access and improving quality of basic services. While NSPs can help to fill a gap in provision to those excluded from state provision, recent...

   Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
2. Privatising the Public University

   The Case of Law

   By Margaret Thornton

   Privatising the Public University: The Case of Law is the first full-length critical study examining the impact of the dramatic reforms that have swept through universities over the last two decades. Drawing on extensive research and interviews in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Canada, Margaret...

   Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge
3. Direct Democracy in the United States

   Petitioners as a Reflection of Society

   Edited by Shauna Reilly, Ryan M. Yonk

   Series: Routledge Research in American Politics and Governance

   The increased use of direct democracy measures across the United States has brought attention to the individual petitioner however their motivations and goals continue to be an enigma. Drawing on behavioral, historical and legal analysis to provide a more concrete depiction of these individuals,...

   Published October 18th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Politics of American Education

   By Joel Spring

   Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

   Turning his distinctive analytical lens to the politics of American education, Joel Spring looks at contemporary educational policy issues from theoretical, practical, and historical perspectives. This comprehensive overview documents and explains who influences educational policy and how, bringing...

   Published November 18th 2010 by Routledge
5. Political Agendas for Education

   From Change We Can Believe In to Putting America First, 4th Edition

   By Joel Spring

   Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

   Bringing up-to-date Joel Spring’s ongoing documentation and analysis of political agendas for education in the US, the fourth edition of Political Agendas for Education focuses on the Republican and Democratic parties in the 2008 national election and post-2008 election era. In order to...

   Published October 14th 2009 by Routledge