Format:
Online-Ressource (xix, 206 p)
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ill
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23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781589010765
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1589010760
Series Statement:
American governance and public policy series
Content:
The essence of democracy is popular sovereignty. The people rule. In the United States, citizens exercise this right through elected officials who they believe will best represent their own values and interests. But are those interests and values always being followed? Authors Michael B. Berkman and Eric Plutzer provide the first systematic examination of the extent to which the governments closest to the American publicùits 10,000-plus local school boardsùrespond to the wishes of the majority. Ten Thousand Democracies begins with a look at educational reforms from the Progressive era in the l
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-197) and index
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Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Chapter one: Policy Responsiveness in American School Districts; Chapter two: Financing Public Education; Chapter three: Public Opinion and Americans' Commitment to Educational Spending; Chapter four: Direct Democracy, Indirect Democracy, and Policy Responsiveness; Chapter five: Voting Rights, Electoral Systems, and Policy Responsiveness; Chapter six: Teacher's Unions in State and Local Politics; Chapter seven: The Gray Peril Reconsidered; Chapter eight: The Democratic Control of American School Boards
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Appendix a: Analysis and Supporting Tables for Chapter 3Appendix b: Analysis and Supporting Tables for Chapter 4; Appendix c: Analysis and Supporting Tables for Chapter 5; Appendix d: Analysis and Supporting Tables for Chapter 6; Appendix e: Analysis and Supporting Tables for Chapter 7; References; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781589010765
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Ten Thousand Democracies : Politics and Public Opinion in America's School Districts
Language:
English
