A loud but noisy signal? : public opinion and education reform in Western Europe
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A loud but noisy signal? : public opinion and education reform in Western Europe
(Cambridge studies in the comparative politics of education)
Cambridge University Press, 2020
- : pbk
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  Kyoto
  Osaka
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  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
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  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
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  Okinawa
  Korea
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  United Kingdom
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-359) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This path-breaking addition to the Comparative Politics of Education series studies the influence of public opinion on the contemporary politics of education reform in Western Europe. The authors analyze new data from a survey of public opinion on education policy across eight countries, and they also provide detailed case studies of reform processes based on interviews with policy-makers and stakeholders. The book's core finding is that public opinion has the greatest influence in a world of 'loud' politics, when salience is high and attitudes are coherent. In contrast, when issues are salient but attitudes are conflicting, the signal of public opinion turns 'loud, but noisy' and party politics have a stronger influence on policy-making. In the case of 'quiet' politics, when issue salience is low, interest groups are dominant. This book is required reading for anyone seeking to make sense of policy-makers' selective responsiveness to public demands and concerns.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction: the role of public opinion in education policy-making
- 2. Theoretical framework
- Part I. Quantitative Evidence: Attitudes, Public Opinion, and Politics: Introduction to the INVEDUC Survey: research design, data, and methods
- 3. Attitudes on education spending in Western Europe
- 4. Preferences regarding education governance in Western Europe
- Part II. Qualitative Evidence: The Role of Public Opinion in Education Reforms in Western Europe: Introductory remarks and research design
- 5. Germany
- 6. Sweden
- 7. England
- 8. Spain
- 9. Comparative summary and conclusions.
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