Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface -- 1 The Redistributive Political Economy of Education -- 1.1 Two Puzzles, Two Insights -- 1.2 The Argument of This Book -- Targeted Redistribution -- The Labor Market and Education -- Education and Institutions -- 1.3 The Theoretical Debate over Education -- 1.4 Three Stories about Education -- The Expansion of Education to the Masses: Chapters 2 and 3 -- The Partisan Politics of Education: Chapter 4 -- High Politics in Higher Education: Chapter 5 -- 2 The Expansion of Education to the Masses: Theory and Data -- 2.1 Introduction: Two Paths to Education? -- 2.2 Variation in Education Spending -- 2.3 A Redistributive Theory of Education Expansion -- Democracy and Redistributive Politics -- Globalization and the Labor Market -- 2.4 A Simple Model of Education Expansion -- Regime Change and Education Spending -- The Role of Globalization on Education Spending -- Education Spending Relative to Other Redistribution -- Private Education Spending -- The Composition of Education Spending -- Summarizing the Model -- 2.5 The Empirical Analysis of Expansion -- Choosing a Sample -- Developing Measures -- Empirical Analysis -- Absolute Spending on Education -- Relative Spending -- Interactive Effects between Democracy and Globalization -- Private Spending -- 2.6 Extensions: Disaggregating Political Regimes and Education -- Varieties of Autocracy -- 2.7 Conclusion -- 3 The Expansion of Education: Historical Evidence -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Philippines: Political Volatility, Economic Instability, and Education -- 3.3 India and Malaysia: Comparing Two Educational Puzzles -- India -- Malaysia -- Summing Up -- 3.4 East Asia and Latin America: Rethinking the Development Story -- Brazil -- South Korea.

3.5 Dual Shocks: Southern Europe Joins the European Union -- Portugal -- Spain -- Greece -- 3.6 Conclusions -- 4 The Partisan Politics of Education -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 A Partisan Model of Education Spending -- The Basic Model -- Streaming and Vocational Education -- Partisan Politics -- Electoral Systems and Moderation -- Electoral Systems and Multidimensionality -- 4.3 Voter Preferences over Education -- 4.4 Party Preferences over Education -- 4.5 Deriving Policy Outcomes -- 4.6 Electoral Institutions and Education Policy -- The Moderating Effect of Electoral Institutions -- Multidimensionality -- Multidimensional Voter Preferences -- 4.7 Conclusion -- 5 High Politics in Higher Education -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Modeling the Trilemma in Higher Education -- The "Quality" of Higher Education -- Progressive Taxation and Higher Education -- Equal and Unequal Access to Higher Education -- From Preferences to Parties to Policies -- In Summary -- 5.3 Empirical Analysis of the Trilemma -- The Trilemma at the Macro Level -- Individual Preferences over Higher Education Support -- Partisan Policies in the World of Higher Education -- 5.4 Historical Analysis of the Trilemma -- Higher Education in England -- Higher Education in Sweden -- Higher Education in Germany -- 5.5 Higher Education in the U.S. States -- 5.6 Conclusion -- Appendix to Chapter 5: Modeling Preferences over Higher Education -- Subsidization -- Enrollment -- Extending the Model (1) Quality -- Extending the Model (2) Progressive Taxation -- Extending the Model (3) Income Independent Access -- 6 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.