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Ten thousand democracies : politics and public opinion in America's school districts /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berkman, Michael B., 1960-
Other Authors: Plutzer, Eric
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2005]
Series:American governance and public policy.
Subjects:
School districts > United States.
Education > Political aspects > United States.
Education > United States > Public opinion.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Policy responsiveness in American school districts
  • Financing public education
  • Public opinion and Americans' commitment to educational spending
  • Direct democracy, indirect democracy, and policy responsiveness
  • Voting rights, electoral systems, and policy responsiveness
  • Teacher's unions in state and local politics
  • The gray peril reconsidered
  • The democratic control of American school boards.