
A Loud but Noisy Signal?
Public Opinion and Education Reform in Western Europe
Cambridge University Press
Published on 3. September 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
378 pages
978-1-108-74587-1 (ISBN)
Description
This path-breaking addition to the Comparative Politics of Education series studies the influence of public opinion on the contemporary politics of education reform in Western Europe. The authors analyze new data from a survey of public opinion on education policy across eight countries, and they also provide detailed case studies of reform processes based on interviews with policy-makers and stakeholders. The book's core finding is that public opinion has the greatest influence in a world of 'loud' politics, when salience is high and attitudes are coherent. In contrast, when issues are salient but attitudes are conflicting, the signal of public opinion turns 'loud, but noisy' and party politics have a stronger influence on policy-making. In the case of 'quiet' politics, when issue salience is low, interest groups are dominant. This book is required reading for anyone seeking to make sense of policy-makers' selective responsiveness to public demands and concerns.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 5 Tables, black and white; 50 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
553 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-74587-1 (9781108745871)
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Marius R. Busemeyer | Julian L. Garritzmann | Erik Neimanns
A Loud but Noisy Signal?
Public Opinion and Education Reform in Western Europe
Book
09/2020
Cambridge University Press
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Marius R. Busemeyer | Julian L. Garritzmann | Erik Neimanns
A Loud but Noisy Signal?
Public Opinion and Education Reform in Western Europe
E-Book
09/2020
Cambridge University Press
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Persons
Marius R. Busemeyer is Professor of Political Science at the University of Konstanz. Julian L. Garritzmann is Professor of Political Science at the Goethe University Frankfurt. Erik Neimanns is postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne.
Author
Universitaet Konstanz, Germany
Goethe-Universitaet Frankfurt Am Main
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Gesellschaftsforschung, Cologne
Content
1. Introduction: the role of public opinion in education policy-making; 2. Theoretical framework; Part I. Quantitative Evidence: Attitudes, Public Opinion, and Politics: Introduction to the INVEDUC Survey: research design, data, and methods; 3. Attitudes on education spending in Western Europe; 4. Preferences regarding education governance in Western Europe; Part II. Qualitative Evidence: The Role of Public Opinion in Education Reforms in Western Europe: Introductory remarks and research design; 5. Germany; 6. Sweden; 7. England; 8. Spain; 9. Comparative summary and conclusions.