This edited collection explores the historical determinants of the rise of mass schooling and human capital accumulation based on a global, long-run perspective, focusing on a variety of countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and the Americas. The authors analyze the increasing...

"This book locates teacher unions at the crux of the enduring tensions between teachers' own low status in the educational system and the necessary autonomy and working conditions to teach effectively and well. The chapters, focusing on teacher unions in Canada, the U.S., and England reveal the...

Der Sammelband gibt Vorträge und Statements der Tagung des Instituts der deutschen Wirtschaft am 24. 11. 1992 in Bonn wieder. Inhalt: Lennings, Manfred: Anforderungen an das Bildungssystem aus Sicht der Wirtschaft. - Tropitzsch, Heiner: Die Herausforderungen für das duale System. -...