The Comparative Politics of Education : Teachers Unions and Education Systems Around the World (Hardcover)

1. Introduction; 2. Teachers unions in the United States: the politics of blocking Terry Moe; 3. Teachers unions in England: the end is nigh? Susanne Wiborg; 4. Teachers unions in France: making fundamental reform an impossible quest? Michael Dobbins; 5. Teachers unions in Germany: fragmented competitors Rita Nikolai, Kendra Briken and Dennis Niemann; 6. Teachers unions in the Nordic countries: solidarity and the politics of self interest Susanne Wiborg; 7. Teachers unions in Japan: the frustration of permanent opposition Robert Aspinall; 8. Teachers unions in Mexico: the politics of patronage Christopher Chambers-Ju and Leslie Finger; 9. Teachers unions in India: diverse, powerful, and coercive Tara Beteille, Geeta Gandhi Kingdon and Mohd Muzammil; 10. The comparative politics of education: teachers unions and education systems across the world Terry Moe.