In the work Development, Democracy, and the Welfare States:
Latin America, East Asia, Eastern Europe, Stephan Haggard and Robert R. Kaufman
explore how social and political shifts can have long standing effects on the
development and economies in particular regions. It provides a comprehensive
analysis of various systems, which serves as a cross comparison of these
various regions.
As per the suggestion of Dr. Cocozzelli, I began reading
this particular book because it provides a unique link between the development
of states and education. Though this book only caters to one area of my research
topic through its assessment of East Asia, including Korea, it has provided
some substantial information regarding how state’s prioritization of education
can ultimately lend to specific outcomes for states. In a cross comparison
between Latin America and East Asia there were not large gaps between levels of
overall GDP spending on education, but the states prioritized their spending
differently. Korea worked to achieve universal primary school enrollment. There
were also parallels drawn between the type of political ideology employed in
the state and the education outcomes. States with socialist regimes, such as
those in China had significantly higher levels of educational development.
This provided a great perspective on some of the education
attainment indicators, which will provide a great foundation for additional
research.
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