The Education Systems of Europe

Hans DöbertProfessor, German Institute for International Pedagogical Research, Berlin and University of ErfurtResearch Profile:Empirical and Comparative Educational Research; Education and Monitoring,; Research on Schools and Teachers Botho von Kopp Ph.D.Associated Researcher, German Institute for Pedagogical Research, Frankfurt/M.Research Profile: Comparative Education Research,  Education Policy and Governance Research, Education Stratification Research.  Wolfgang HörnerProfessor of Comparative Education, Universität LeipzigResearch Profile:Methodology of Comparative Education; Analysis of Educational Systems; Education in Central and Eastern European Countries; School and Work Lutz R. ReuterProfessor of Educational Policy Research, Helmut Schmidt University, HamburgVisiting Professorships: Northwestern University, Chicago, USA; University of Stellenbosch, RSA; University of Maputo, Mocambique; Technical University of Nanjing, ChinaResearch Profile:Education Systems and Comparative Education; Educational Governance and Law; Education Policy and Politics

Preface.- Introduction (Wolfgang Hörner).- Albania (Michael Schmidt-Neke).- Andorra (Wendelin Sroka).- Armenia (Susanne Bandau/Davit Ganjalyan).- Austria (Josef Thonhauser/Ferdinand Eder).- Azerbaijan (Eric Lepisto).- Belarus (Stephan Malerius).- Belgium (Christiane Brusselmann-Dehairs).- Bosnia-Herzegovina (Katarina Batarilo/Volker Lenhardt).- Bulgaria (Peter Bachmaier).- Croatia (Marko Palekcic/IgorRedaka/Nenad Zekanovic).- Cyprus (Petros Pashiardis/Andreas Tsiakkiros).- Czech Republic (Botho von Kopp).- Denmark (Palle Rasmussen/Tobias Werler).- Estonia (Viive-Riina Ruus/Priit Reiska).- Faroe Islands (Wendelin Sroka).- Finland (Matti Meri).- France (Wolfgang Hörner/Guillaume Many).- Georgia (Iwa Mindadse).- Germany (Hans Döbert).- Greece (Panos Xochellis/Anastasia Kesidou).- Hungary (Magdolna Rébay/Tamas Kosma).- Iceland (Ragnheidur Karlsdottir/Thorarinn Stefansson).- Ireland (Maureen Killeavy/Mary Clynes/Mary Clarke).- Italy (Sara-Julia Blöchle).- Kosovo (Lulzim Dragidella).- Latvia (Ir na Zogla/Rudite Andersone/Emilija Cernova).- Liechtenstein (Botho von Kopp).- Lithuania (Dalia Kiliuviene).- Luxembourg (Marc Barthélemy).- Macedonia (Wolf Oschlies).- Malta (Christopher Bezzina).- Moldavia (Reinhard Hannesschläger).- Monaco (Wendelin Sroka).- Montenegro (Sasa Gavric).- Netherlands (Bob van de Ven).- Norway (Tobias Werler/Nina Volckmar).- Poland (Wolfgang Hörner/Inetta Nowosad).- Portugal (Jesus Maria Sousa/Carlos Noguera Fino).- Romania (Laura Dumbraveanu).- Russian Federation (Gerlind Schmidt).- San Marino (Wendelin Sroka).- Serbia (Vera Spasenovic/Aleksandra Petrovic/Slavica Maksic).- Slovak Republic (Beata Kosová/Stefan Porubský).- Slovenia (Joze Mlakar).- Spain (Maria Jesús Martínez Usarralde).- Sweden (Tobias Werler/Silwa Claesson).- Switzerland (Lucien Criblez).- Turkey (Yasemin Karakasoglu).- Ukraine (Marina Zeludenko/Alla Sabitowa).- United Kingdom (Neville Harris/Stephen Gorard).