Brendan Apfeld (Austin University of Texas), Emanuel Coman (Dublin Trinity College), John Gerring (Austin University of Texas)

A Liberal Education

The Social and Political Impact of the Modern University

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Enlisting a natural experiment, global surveys, and historical data, this book examines the modern university's evolution and its impact on social and political attitudes across the world. The authors conclude that university education has a profound liberalizing effect, greater than that registered by social class, gender, or age.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in the Comparative Politics of Education
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781009424738
• ISBN-10: 1009424734
• Artikelnr.: 68711192

Autorenporträt

Brendan Apfeld is a Lead Data Scientist for CVS Health. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Texas at Austin. His research on comparative politics and the politics of education has appeared in journals such as The Journal of Politics and Political Science & Research Methodology.

Inhaltsangabe

I. Background: 1. Introduction
2. Previous Work
II. Foreground: 3. Methods
4. Findings
III. Extensions: 5. Nuances
6. Mechanisms
IV. History: 7. The Rise of a Liberal University
8. Disciplinary Differences
9. Explanations for the Liberal Shift
V. Conclusions: 10. Synthesis
Afterword: The American University
Appendices
References
Index.