The Education of Nations: How the Political Organization of the Poor, Not Democracy, Led Governments to Invest in Mass Education

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Mass education is vital to sustainable development, particularly in the information age. In The Education of Nations, Stephen Kosack provides a framework for understanding when a government will invest in quality mass education or concentrate on higher education restricted to elites. Drawing on detailed evidence from more than five decades in Taiwan, Ghana, and Brazil - three countries with little in common - Kosack demonstrates that two conditions...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0199841675

ISBN13:9780199841677

Release Date:July 2012

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:384 Pages

Weight:1.65 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 5.6" x 8.5"

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