Takeover : race, education, and American democracy

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Takeover : race, education, and American democracy

Title remainder

race, education, and American democracy

Statement of responsibility

Domingo Morel

Creator

• Morel, Domingo

Author

• Morel, Domingo

Subject

• Education and state -- United States -- States
• trueLocal government -- United States
• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / State & Provincial
• Central-local government relations -- United States -- States
• School districts -- United States -- States
• School management and organization -- United States -- States
• State government -- United States
• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General
• EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General

Language

eng

Summary

"State takeovers of local governments have garnered national attention of late, particularly following the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. In most U.S. cities, local governments are responsible for decisions concerning matters such as the local water supply and school affairs. However, once a state takes over, this decision-making capability is shuttled. Despite the widespread attention that takeovers in Flint and Detroit have gained, we know little about how such takeovers -- a policy option that has been in use since the 1980s -- affect political power in local communities. This manuscript offers the first systematic study of state takeovers of local governments by focusing on takeovers of local school districts. The book examines the factors that contribute to state takeovers as well as the effects and political implications of takeovers on racialized communities, the communities most often affected by them. It challenges conventional wisdom that centralization and state takeovers unequivocally disempower racialized communities, laying out the conditions under which the policy will disempower or empower racial and ethnic minority populations. In addition, the book expands our understanding of urban politics. The book argues that state interventions are part of the new normal for cities and offers a novel theoretical framework for understanding the presence of the state in American cities. The book is built around an original study of nearly 1000 school districts, including every school district that has been taken over by their respective state, and a powerful case study of Newark, New Jersey"--

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DLC

Dewey number

379.73

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

LC call number

LC89

LC item number

.M66 2018

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography