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200 10$aTen thousand democracies$b[electronic resource] $epolitics and public opinion in America's school districts /$fMichael B. Berkman, Eric Plutzer
210   $aWashington, D.C. $cGeorgetown University Press$dc2005
215   $a1 online resource (227 p.)
225 1 $aAmerican governance and public policy series
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-58901-076-0 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-197) and index.
327   $aPolicy 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.
330   $aThe 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 publicu?its 10,000-plus local school boardsu?respond to the wishes of the majority. Ten Thousand Democracies begins with a look at educational reforms from the Progressive era in the l
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606   $aSchool districts$zUnited States
606   $aEducation$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States
606   $aEducation$zUnited States$xPublic opinion
606   $aPublic opinion$zUnited States
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700   $aBerkman$b Michael B.$f1960-$0860115
701   $aPlutzer$b Eric$0860116
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