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The Political Economy of Higher Education Finance: The Politics of Tuition Fees and Subsidies in OECD Countries,1945-2015
Julian L. Garritzmann
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 319 pages, 37 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; KCP; KFCM; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 565.
This book analyzes the political economy of higher education finance across a range of OECD countries, exploring why some students pay extortionate tuition fees whilst for others their education is free. What are the redistributional consequences of these different tuition-subsidy systems? Analysing the variety of existing systems, Garritzmann shows that across the advanced democracies “Four Worlds of Student Finance” exist. Historically, however, all countries’ higher education systems looked very much alike in the 1940s. The book develops a theoretical model, the Time-Sensitive Partisan Theory, to explain why countries have evolved from a similar historical starting point to today’s very distinct Four Worlds. ... Read more
This book analyzes the political economy of higher education finance across a range of OECD countries, exploring why some students pay extortionate tuition fees whilst for others their education is free. What are the redistributional consequences of these different tuition-subsidy systems? Analysing the variety of existing systems, Garritzmann shows that across the advanced democracies “Four Worlds of Student Finance” exist. Historically, however, all countries’ higher education systems looked very much alike in the 1940s. The book develops a theoretical model, the Time-Sensitive Partisan Theory, to explain why countries have evolved from a similar historical starting point to today’s very distinct Four Worlds. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
319
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319299129
SKU
V9783319299129
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About Julian L. Garritzmann
Julian L. Garritzmann is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Konstanz, Germany. Previously, he was Visiting Fellow at Harvard University. His work has appeared in the Journal of European Social Policy, the Journal of European Public Policy, and in West European Politics. In 2014, he was awarded the JESP/ESPAnet Doctoral Researcher Prize.
Reviews for The Political Economy of Higher Education Finance: The Politics of Tuition Fees and Subsidies in OECD Countries,1945-2015
“Julian Garritzmann’s book provides a very important addition to the literature on higher education policy-making as well as higher education finance. His study is well grounded in contemporary approaches from political science, and the breadth as well as depth of his empirical analyses is impressive. His call for attention to political processes, system structures as well as political actors and ... Read more