Making higher education work: a comparison of discourses in the United Kingdom’s Conservative and Labour Parties’ general election manifestos between 1979 and 2010

Souto-Otero, Manuel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8768-514X 2011. Making higher education work: a comparison of discourses in the United Kingdom’s Conservative and Labour Parties’ general election manifestos between 1979 and 2010. Comparative Education Review 55 (3) , pp. 293-314. 10.1086/660112

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Abstract

This article elaborates a model of social democratic and conservative discourses in relation to access, financing, management, and results of higher education. The model is contrasted with the position of the Conservative Party and the Labour Party in the United Kingdom from the late 1970s to 2010 as expressed in their electoral manifestos. The findings show how the ideological differences between parties diminished over time, although not uniformly across themes. Explanations for this trend are provided through examination of the role of electoral institutions and “median voter” and “political partisanship” arguments.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
ISSN:	1545-701X
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2022 09:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/81304

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