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Souto-Otero, Manuel – Comparative Education Review, 2011
This article elaborates a model of social democratic and conservative discourses in relation to access, financing, management, and results of higher education. The model is contrasted with the position of the Conservative Party and the Labour Party in the United Kingdom from the late 1970s to 2010 as expressed in their electoral manifestos. The…
Descriptors: Political Affiliation, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Discourse Analysis
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Ho, Ming-Sho – Comparative Education Review, 2006
In this article, the author offers a causal explanation for the preschool education voucher policy in Taiwan. A causal analysis of voucher politics focuses on the process rather than the result of the innovation. The political success of private kindergarten business interests derives from their capability to open a space for collective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Educational Vouchers, Politics of Education
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Bray, Mark – Comparative Education Review, 1992
Compares the educational systems of Hong Kong and Macau, focusing on differences related to their colonial histories and the different sizes of their populations and economies, and similarities arising from mutual influence and their impending reunification with China. Discusses educational access, finance, curriculum, language of instruction, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Colonialism, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change
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Reimers, Fernando – Comparative Education Review, 1991
Suggests that Latin American education systems suffered disproportionately from "economic adjustment" programs of the 1980s that addressed external debt. Examines declines in educational expenditures, access to education, and educational quality. Focuses on Costa Rica and Venezuela as highly indebted democracies where education has had…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Debt (Financial), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
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Pritchard, Rosalind – Comparative Education Review, 2006
What happens when a highly regulated educational system--one featuring academic freedom, a national outlook, and an input-oriented, state-run bureaucracy--attempts to internationalize and introduce management structures that are outcome-oriented, deregulated, and more efficient? In the case of Germany, examined in this article, it has long been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality Control, Human Resources, School Restructuring
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Teese, Richard – Comparative Education Review, 1986
Reviews the major phases of development of the relationship between French private education and the state from the early 1950s when private schools (mostly Catholic) began receiving state subsidies. Concludes that the framework of subsidies has enabled Catholic schools to elaborate new social roles as well as to strengthen their traditional place…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Role, Educational Change, Educational Finance