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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I THE BOOK'S VANTAGE POINT -- Chapter 1: Varieties of Controversy -- Chapter 2: The Nature of Belief Systems -- Religious Belief Systems -- Nonreligious Belief Systems -- Chapter 3: Tradition, Critical Events, and the Exercise of Power -- Belief Constituencies -- Tradition -- Critical Events -- The Exercise of Power -- Conclusion -- PART II: ANALYSES OF THE TWELVE CASES -- Chapter 4: France -- Historical Roots -- The Contending Constituencies -- Resolving the Controversy -- Chapter 5: Japan -- Historical Roots -- The Contending Constituencies -- Resolving the Controversy -- Chapter 6: England -- Historical Roots -- The Contending Constituencies -- Resolving the Controversy -- Chapter 7: India -- Historical Roots -- The Contending Constituencies -- Resolving the Controversy -- Chapter 8: Spain -- Historical Roots -- The Contending Constituencies -- Resolving the Controversy -- Chapter 9: China -- Historical Roots -- The Contending Constituencies -- Resolving the Controversy -- Chapter 10: Italy -- Historical Roots -- The Contending Constituencies -- Resolving the Controversy -- Chapter 11: Pakistan -- Historical Roots -- The Contending Constituencies -- Resolving the Controversy -- Chapter 12: United States of America -- Historical Roots -- The Contending Constituencies -- Resolving the Controversy -- Chapter 13: Thailand -- Historical Roots -- The Contending Constituencies -- Resolving the Controversy -- Chapter 14: Australia -- Historical Roots -- The Contending Constituencies -- Resolving the Controversy -- Chapter 15: Saudi Arabia -- Historical Roots -- The Contending Constituencies -- Resolving the Controversy -- PART III: IN RETROSPECT -- Chapter 16: Answers and Trends -- Answers -- Trends -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Politics and Education: Cases from eleven nations tackles the relationship between politics and education. The book presents several dimensions of the politics-education relationship, such as the use of education in achieving political agendas and the effects of the interest of a political group on educational policy. The book present cases from 11 different countries that show the interaction between education and politics, such as the use of educational policy as a compensatory legitimation in West Germany; the educational opportunity under pre- and post-revolutionary condition in Nicaragua