Reading, Writing, and the Regrettable Status of Education Research in Comparative Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6232771 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Gift (0000-0001-8684-5677, Duke University), Erik Wibbels (0009-0007-6723-3414, Duke University) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 291-312 |
| Publication date | 2014-05-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annual Review of Political Science (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-2939 • E-ISSN: 1545-1577 |
| Publisher | Annual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev-polisci-080911-131426 |
| OpenAlex | W2136366496 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
| References cited | 110 |
Apart from some notable exceptions, education is regrettably understudied in comparative politics. This paucity stems from both a dearth of reliable data on schooling and the fact that education raises analytical issues that fall outside the typical domain of political scientists. In light of education's crucial role in everything from citizen attitudes to earnings to economic growth, we recommend that political scientists pay more attention to education. In particular, comparative researchers should shift from an almost exclusive focus on average levels of schooling to explaining the causes and consequences of educational inequality. To that end, we provide a broad comparative framework for analyzing the politics of education. In our formulation, skill-biased technological change and factor endowments condition the extent to which firms demand human capital. The supply of skills is a function of the interests and institutions that link voters and politicians. We conclude by positing theoretical and empirical puzzles for future research
Earnings · Economic growth · Economics · Education policy · Function (biology · Higher education · Human capital · Inequality · Political capital · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Reading (process · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies
The Politics of Education in Developing Countries
The Politics and Governance of Basic Education
A Loud but Noisy Signal?
The Problem of Education Quality in Developing Countries
Between context and comparability
Encouraging skill development
When Authoritarian Regimes Provide Public Goods
Gig qualifications for the gig economy
Education as a Political Institution
Who Supports the Digitalization of Education? New Survey Evidence From Six OECD Countries
Selective inclusion under competitive autocratic regimes
Linking the macro to the micro
Higher education governance and policy
Private education and inequality in the knowledge economy
The politics of quality reforms and the challenges for SDGs in education
School choice, policy feedback effects, and policy outcomes
Comparing disciplinary engagement in global health research across the social sciences
We don’t need no education? Education policies of Western European populist radical right parties
Beyond sticks and stones
Perceived beneficiaries and support for the globalization of higher education
Social Policy Perspectives on Economic Inequality in Wealthy Countries
Party politics and education spending
Elite strategies and incremental policy change
Policy-Making in Multi-Level Systems
Personnel Politics
The Non-Democratic Roots of Mass Education
Varieties of Skills Profiles in Latin America
Who counts? Information capacity and the origins of education inequality in Morocco
Spinning wheels
The Politics of Authoritarian Rule
Student Perceptions of College Opportunities
Schooling, Labor-Force Quality, and the Growth of Nations
Estimating the Return to Schooling
Ability-Biased Technological Transition, Wage Inequality, and Economic Growth
School decentralization
Computing Inequality
Incentives Work
Remedying Education
Implications of Skill-Biased Technological Change
Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital
Social mobility and class structure in modern Britain
Social Mobility and the Demand for Redistribution
From the Ballot to the Blackboard
Social Protection and the Formation of Skills
Varieties of Capitalism
The Political Economy of Collective Skill Formation
Capitalism, Democracy, and Welfare
How Institutions Evolve
Federalism and the Welfare State
Age in the Welfare State
The demographic transition
Investment in Schooling and the Marriage Market
The Race between Education and Technology
Distributional Effects of Globalization in Developing Countries
Democracy and Redistribution
Measuring Education Inequality
Lousy and Lovely Jobs
Inequality and the political economy of education
On the distribution of education and democracy
Why did wage inequality increase? Evidence from urban India 1983–99
Who Gains from Trade Reform? Some Remaining Puzzles
Oligarchy, democracy, inequality and growth
Does natural resource abundance increase Latin American income inequality
Demographic structure and the political economy of public education
Low‐Income Students and College Attendance
The End of Exceptionalism in American Education
Determinants of Democracy
A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures
An Equilibrium Theory of the Distribution of Income and Intergenerational Mobility
Voice and Growth
The Division of Labour in Education Funding
Recovering Political Dynamics
Competition and the Structure of Industrial Society
A Contribution to the Empirics of Economic Growth
University Challenges
Globalization, Domestic Politics, and Social Spending in Latin America
Political Parties and Higher Education Spending
Who Owns Education? Cleavage Structures in the Partisan Competition over Educational Expansion
Besieged
Determinants of public education spending in 21 OECD democracies, 1980–2001
Social democrats and the new partisan politics of public investment in education
ABC's, 123's, and the Golden Rule
Development, Trade, and Social Insurance1
Comparative Federalism and Decentralization
The Invisible Hand of Democracy
A Complete Data Set of Political Regimes, 1800–2007
Partisan Politics, the Welfare State, and Three Worlds of Human Capital Formation
Capitalist Systems, Deindustrialization, and the Politics of Public Education
Democracy and Human Capital Formation
Political Knowledge, Political Engagement, and Civic Education
Is Democracy Good for the Poor
Political Parties and the Supply Side of the Economy
Democracy and Education Spending in Africa
Intergovernmental Political Competition in American Federalism
Why does democracy need education
Elections Under Authoritarianism
Hard evidence on soft skills
The impact of economic coordination and educational institutions on individual-level preferences for academic and vocational education
Asset specificity, institutional complementarities and the variety of skill regimes in coordinated market economies
Parental Education and Parental Time with Children
Income Inequality, Equality of Opportunity, and Intergenerational Mobility
Cross-Country Differences in Intergenerational Earnings Mobility
The Political Origins of Primary Education Systems
Real Exchange Rates and Competitiveness
Democracy and Social Spending in Latin America, 1980-92
The Roles of Self-Esteem and the Sense of Personal Control in the Academic Achievement Process
Family Structure and the Reproduction of Inequalities
Education Funding and Individual Preferences for Redistribution
The Contextual Effects of Community Social Capital on Academic Performance
| Unique citing works | 28 |
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| Citations per year | 2,8 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 28 |