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Handbook of Education Politics and Policy

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ISBN-10: 0805861122

ISBN-13: 9780805861129

Edition: 2008

Authors: Bruce S. Cooper, Lance D. Fusarelli, James G. Cibulka, Bruce S. Cooper, James G. Cibulka

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Written by a mix of established and rising stars in school politics, policy, law, finance, and reform this comprehensive handbook provides a 3-part framework that helps organize this relatively new and loosely organized field of study. Part 1 examines the macro-level (structural and institutional) backdrop to our educational system: democracy, federalism, political parties and elections. Part 2 examines the micro-level political behaviors and cultural influences operating within schools and among interest groups, and Part 3 looks at the major ideological and philosophical positions that frame discussions of educational equity and excellence. A central theme running through the book is how…    
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Book details

List price: $125.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 6/24/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 450
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

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Preface: The Need for a Politics of Education Handbook
Editors
Contributors
Introduction: Researching Toward a New Politics of Education
Federal, State, and Local Politics of Education
Federalism, Equity, and Accountability in Education
Understanding Education Policy Change in the American States: Lessons from Political Science
Political Cultures in Education at the State and Local Level: Views from Three States
Understanding School Board Politics: Balancing Public Voice and Professional Power
Urban Regime Theory and the Reform of Public Schools: Governance, Power, and Leadership
Judicial Impact on Education Politics and Policies
Hitting a Moving Target: How Politics Determines the Changing Roles of Superintendents and School Boards
Beyond Pluralistic Patterns of Power: Research on the Micropolitics of Schools
The Evolving Political Role of Urban Mayors in Education
Interest Groups and Institutional Effects on Educational Politics
Politics of Interest: Interest Groups and Advocacy Coalitions in American Education
Institutional Agility: Using the New Institutionalism to Guide School Reform
Religious Faith and Policy in Public Education: A Political and Historical Analysis of the Christian Right in American Schooling
The Ideological and Political Landscape of School Choice Interest Groups in the Post-Zelman Era
The Collective Politics of Teacher Unionism
The Politics of Equity and Excellence
Feminism and Education Politics: No Longer for Women Only
Politics, Empirical Evidence, and Policy Design: The Case of School Finance and the Costs of Educational Adequacy
The Shifting Notion of "Publicness" in Public Education
The Politics of Coordinated Services for Children: Interinstitutional Relations and Social Justice
Excellence versus Equity: Political Forces in the Education of Gifted Students
The Politics of (De)Segregation
Towards a New Political Leadership Praxis in the Rescaled Space of Urban Educational Governance
Index