States, Markets and Education

Ansgar Weymann is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bremen, Germany. He has previously published Transformation of Education Policy (co-edited).

• 1. Introduction 2. Political Power, the Economy, and Integration 3. Founding Ideas of Education Policy 4. The Ascent of the Education State in Europe 5. Growth and Stagflation in the Human Capital Century 6. Front-Page Coverage in the Twentieth Century 7. Victorious Nations and Empires - 1900 to 1910 8. Welfare States: Education as a Cure-All - 1950 to 2007 9. Ascents and Descents 10. Towards Internationalization and Hellenism