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"An important and ambitious study of policy-making in the (k-12) school districts of America." -- Perspectives on Politics, September 2006
"If more scholars took their cues from [Berkman and Plutzer] when studying education politics, the field would shine a bit brighter than it currently does." -- Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, August 2006
"Ten Thousand Democracies breaks new ground...it is innovative, carefully argued, and clearly written." -- Teacher's College Record, April 28, 2006
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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 public - its 10,000-plus local school boards - respond to the wishes of the majority. Ten Thousand Democracies begins with a look at educational reforms from the Progressive era in the late 19th and early 20th centuries through the civil rights movement and ending with Pennsylvania's 2004 tax relief measure. Berkman and Plutzer explore what factors determine education spending levels in school districts, including the effects of public opinion, the nature of local political institutions, and the roles played by special interests. The authors show how board members are selected, how well the boards represent minorities, whether the public can bypass the board through referenda, and how the schools are financed. By providing an innovative statistical portrait that combines public opinion data with Census data for these school districts, the authors answer questions central to democratic control of our schools: how responsive are school boards to their public and when? How powerful are such special interests such as teachers' unions and senior citizens? By using the lens of America's public school districts to examine the workings of democracy, Ten Thousand Democracies offers new insight not only into the forces that shape local education policy but also how democratic institutions may function throughout all levels of government.
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"An important and ambitious study of policy-making in the (k-12) school districts of America." -- Perspectives on Politics, September 2006
"If more scholars took their cues from [Berkman and Plutzer] when studying education politics, the field would shine a bit brighter than it currently does." -- Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, August 2006
"Ten Thousand Democracies breaks new ground...it is innovative, carefully argued, and clearly written." -- Teacher's College Record, April 28, 2006
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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 public - its 10,000-plus local school boards - respond to the wishes of the majority. Ten Thousand Democracies begins with a look at educational reforms from the Progressive era in the late 19th and early 20th centuries through the civil rights movement and ending with Pennsylvania's 2004 tax relief measure. Berkman and Plutzer explore what factors determine education spending levels in school districts, including the effects of public opinion, the nature of local political institutions, and the roles played by special interests. The authors show how board members are selected, how well the boards represent minorities, whether the public can bypass the board through referenda, and how the schools are financed. By providing an innovative statistical portrait that combines public opinion data with Census data for these school districts, the authors answer questions central to democratic control of our schools: how responsive are school boards to their public and when? How powerful are such special interests such as teachers' unions and senior citizens? By using the lens of America's public school districts to examine the workings of democracy, Ten Thousand Democracies offers new insight not only into the forces that shape local education policy but also how democratic institutions may function throughout all levels of government.
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There are over 14,000 school districts in the United States. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
polity inference, state funding regimes, local union strength, gray peril, senior migrants, minimally diverse, budget referenda, policy responsiveness, strong local unions, migrant elderly, scriptive representation, median housing values, dependent school districts, dependent districts, voter types, tax reliance, elderly migrants, appointed school boards, white school districts, spending preferences, unionized teachers, dollars per pupil, instructional expenditures, educational spending, ward elections Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New England, African Americans, New Jersey, New York, United States, Harris Poll, General Social Survey, New Hampshire, Voting Rights Act, Census of Governments, New Mexico, National Election Studies, North Carolina, Phi Delta Kappa Polls, Supreme Court, Great Lakes, Census Bureau, Governor Rendell, Pennsylvania Economy League, Everett Ladd, Hinds County, Local Education Agency Finance Survey, Long Beach, South Dakota, West Virginia New!
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There are over 14,000 school districts in the United States. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
polity inference, state funding regimes, local union strength, gray peril, senior migrants, minimally diverse, budget referenda, policy responsiveness, strong local unions, migrant elderly, scriptive representation, median housing values, dependent school districts, dependent districts, voter types, tax reliance, elderly migrants, appointed school boards, white school districts, spending preferences, unionized teachers, dollars per pupil, instructional expenditures, educational spending, ward elections Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New England, African Americans, New Jersey, New York, United States, Harris Poll, General Social Survey, New Hampshire, Voting Rights Act, Census of Governments, New Mexico, National Election Studies, North Carolina, Phi Delta Kappa Polls, Supreme Court, Great Lakes, Census Bureau, Governor Rendell, Pennsylvania Economy League, Everett Ladd, Hinds County, Local Education Agency Finance Survey, Long Beach, South Dakota, West Virginia New!
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- Property Taxation and Local Government Finance by Wallace E. Oates on 4 pages
- Quiet Revolution in the South by Chandler Davidson on page 110, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Public Opinion by Susan Herbst in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools by Jonathan Kozol on page 28, and Back Matter
- The Study Of Educational Politics: The 1994 Commemorative Yearbook Of The Politics Of Education Association 1969-1994 by Jay Scribner in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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