Ten thousand democracies
Subtitle: politics and public opinion in America's school districts
By: Michael B. Berkman, Eric Plutzer.
Contributors: Plutzer, Eric.
Series: American governance and public policy series; American governance and public policy.
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: School districts -- United States.; Politics and education -- United States.; Education -- United States -- Public opinion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface : policy responsiveness and American democracy; title: Democratic control of American school boards; title: Financing public education; title: Public opinion and Americans' commitment to educational spending; title: Direct democracy, indirect democracy, and policy responsiveness; title: Voting rights, electoral systems, and policy responsiveness; title: Teacher's unions in state and local politics; title: The gray peril reconsidered; title: The democratic control of American school boards.