The education of nations how the political organization of the poor not democracy led governments to invest in mass education by kosack stephen new york oxford university press 2012 xiv 364 pp. In the education of nations stephen kosack provides a framework for understanding when a government will invest in quality mass education or concentrate on higher education restricted to elites drawing on detailed evidence from more than five decades in taiwan ghana and brazil three countries with little in common kosack demonstrates that two conditions lead developing nations to invest in mass education. The education of nations how the political organization of the poor not democracy led governments to invest in mass education by stephen kosack new york oxford university press 2012 xiv . It shows that the key factors are not those that social scientists or the public typically rely on to understand government policymaking decisions a government cannot be expected to invest in mass education when the economy needs it when the culture values it nor most surprising for political scientists when its leaders are elected democratically. Kosack stephen 2012 the education of nations how the political organization of the poor not democracy led governments to invest in mass education oxford university press