Ben W. Ansell's Books

Inward Conquest

The Political Origins of Modern Public Services

By: Ben W. Ansell,Johannes Lindvall

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Inward Conquest

The Political Origins of Modern Public Services

By: Ben W. Ansell,Johannes Lindvall

Examining schools, libraries, prisons, asylums, and vaccines, this study is the first comprehensive look at the origins of public services.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

327

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1107197392

ISBN 13

9781107197398

From the Ballot to the Blackboard

The Redistributive Political Economy of Education

By: Ben W. Ansell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

From the Ballot to the Blackboard

The Redistributive Political Economy of Education

By: Ben W. Ansell

From the Ballot to the Blackboard provides the first comprehensive account of the political economy of education spending across the developed and developing world. The book demonstrates how political forces like democracy and political partisanship and economic factors like globalization deeply impact the choices made by voters, parties, and leaders in financing education. The argument is developed through three stories that track the historical development of education: first, its original expansion from the elite to the masses; second, the partisan politics of education in industrialized states; and third, the politics of higher education. The book uses a variety of complementary methods to demonstrate the importance of redistributive political motivations in explaining education policy, including formal modeling, statistical analysis of survey data and both sub-national and cross-national data, and historical case analyses of countries including the Philippines, India, Malaysia, England, Sweden, and Germany.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

269

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521190185

ISBN 13

9780521190183

Inequality and Democratization

By: Ben W. Ansell,David J. Samuels

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Inequality and Democratization

By: Ben W. Ansell,David J. Samuels

This book offers a new theory of the historical relationship between economic modernization and the emergence of democracy on a global scale, focusing on the effects of land and income inequality.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

255

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

110700036X

ISBN 13

9781107000360

Why Politics Fails

By: Ben Ansell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Why Politics Fails

By: Ben Ansell

A leading political expert explains why systems fail to deliver things we all want—democracy, equality, solidarity, security and prosperity—and what can be done to create a just, equitable, and environmentally sane society. The dawn of the twenty-first century had the promise of a golden age. The economy was stable and growing, social peace seemed possible, and technology appeared benign. The past years have awakened us from this complacency. We have long known what needs to be done to save the world from climate disaster. Why do we continue on the path of self-destruction? The immense wealth of the United States should make poverty a historical curiosity. Why is income inequality growing and the scourge of poverty increasing? The vast majority of people around the world want to live in a society with democratic values. Why is democracy receding? Why is it so hard to get - and keep - the world we want? Ben Ansell, one of the world’s leading experts on the dilemmas facing modern democracies, vividly illustrates how our collective goals - democracy, equality, solidarity, security, and prosperity - are undermined by political traps and why today’s political landscape is so tumultuous. We want equality, but we are loathe to give away our own wealth. We want solidarity but we are much better at receiving it than offering it. We want security but not if it constrains our freedom. And we want to end the climate crisis but we also want a prosperous economy. In every case, we want a collective goal, but are undermined by our individual actions. Our aims are altruistic, our actions governed by self-interest. Ansell then comes full circle and through brilliant storytelling and pathbreaking research vividly illustrates how we maneuver through the traps of the messy, complicated world of politics that block common sense solutions to the just, equitable, prosperous, and environmentally sane society we all want.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

338

Publisher

PublicAffairs

Published Date

ISBN 10

1541702093

ISBN 13

9781541702097

Inward Conquest

The Political Origins of Modern Public Services

By: Ben W. Ansell,Johannes Lindvall

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Inward Conquest

The Political Origins of Modern Public Services

By: Ben W. Ansell,Johannes Lindvall

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, modern states began to provide many of the public services we now take for granted. Inward Conquest presents the first comprehensive analysis of the political origins of modern public services during this period. Ansell and Lindvall show how struggles among political parties and religious groups shaped the structure of diverse yet crucially important public services, including policing, schooling, and public health. Liberals, Catholics, conservatives, socialists, and fascists all fought bitterly over both the provision and political control of public services, with profound consequences for contemporary political developments. Integrating data on the historical development of public order, education, and public health with novel measures on the ideological orientation of governments, the authors provide a wealth of new evidence on a missing link in the history of the modern state.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

327

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1108187110

ISBN 13

9781108187114

Inequality and Democratization

By: Ben W. Ansell,David J. Samuels

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Inequality and Democratization

By: Ben W. Ansell,David J. Samuels

This book offers a new theory of the historical relationship between economic modernization and the emergence of democracy on a global scale, focusing on the effects of land and income inequality.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

255

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

110700036X

ISBN 13

9781107000360

From the Ballot to the Blackboard

The Redistributive Political Economy of Education

By: Ben W. Ansell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

From the Ballot to the Blackboard

The Redistributive Political Economy of Education

By: Ben W. Ansell

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

269

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521190185

ISBN 13

9780521190183

Book's by Ben W. Ansell

Inward Conquest

Inward Conquest

From the Ballot to the Blackboard

From the Ballot to the Blackboard

Inequality and Democratization

Inequality and Democratization

Why Politics Fails

Why Politics Fails

Inward Conquest

Inward Conquest

Inequality and Democratization

Inequality and Democratization

From the Ballot to the Blackboard

From the Ballot to the Blackboard

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email