Mara S Sidney
Biographic Data
| ID | 4408607 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mara S Sidney |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mara S |
| FAMILY NAME | Sidney |
| SIGNATURE | SIDNEY M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers University—Newark |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Role of Ideas in Education Politics: Using Discourse Analysis to Understand Barriers to Reform in Multiethnic Cities
This article examines how the presence of multiple racial and ethnic groups complicates education politics. It suggests that to fully understand the multiethnic political terrain, we need to study how diverse groups understand their interests, and it proposes that discourse analysis offers an effective method for doing so. In four cities under study, coalitions across racial minority groups did not emerge to pursue education reform, despite share…
Images of Race, Class, and Markets: Rethinking the Origin of U.S. Fair Housing Policy
As the first national law to address racial discrimination in housing, the 1968 Fair Housing Act was truly a landmark piece of legislation. It prohibited homeowners, real-estate agents, lenders, and other housing professionals from engaging in a range of practices they had commonly used to keep neighborhoods racially segregated, such as refusing to sell or rent to a person because of his or her race, lying about the availability of a dwelling, or…
Local Policy Subsystems and Issue Definition: An Analysis of Community Development Policy Change
Using a policy subsystem approach, the authors examine the politics of community development in Minneapolis. A cohesive and stable community development subsystem evolved during the 1970s and early 1980s, dominated by community development corporations and the city's multifamily housing development bureaucracy. Recent changes in community development policy reflect changes in the subsystem dynamics, including a challenge to the dominant coalition…
Local Policy Subsystems and Issue Definition: An Analysis of Community Development Policy Change
Using a policy subsystem approach, the authors examine the politics of community development in Minneapolis. A cohesive and stable community development subsystem evolved during the 1970s and early 1980s, dominated by community development corporations and the city's multifamily housing development bureaucracy. Recent changes in community development policy reflect changes in the subsystem dynamics, including a challenge to the dominant coalition…
Images of Race, Class, and Markets: Rethinking the Origin of U.S. Fair Housing Policy
As the first national law to address racial discrimination in housing, the 1968 Fair Housing Act was truly a landmark piece of legislation. It prohibited homeowners, real-estate agents, lenders, and other housing professionals from engaging in a range of practices they had commonly used to keep neighborhoods racially segregated, such as refusing to sell or rent to a person because of his or her race, lying about the availability of a dwelling, or…
The Role of Ideas in Education Politics: Using Discourse Analysis to Understand Barriers to Reform in Multiethnic Cities
This article examines how the presence of multiple racial and ethnic groups complicates education politics. It suggests that to fully understand the multiethnic political terrain, we need to study how diverse groups understand their interests, and it proposes that discourse analysis offers an effective method for doing so. In four cities under study, coalitions across racial minority groups did not emerge to pursue education reform, despite share…
Local Policy Subsystems and Issue Definition: An Analysis of Community Development Policy Change
Using a policy subsystem approach, the authors examine the politics of community development in Minneapolis. A cohesive and stable community development subsystem evolved during the 1970s and early 1980s, dominated by community development corporations and the city's multifamily housing development bureaucracy. Recent changes in community development policy reflect changes in the subsystem dynamics, including a challenge to the dominant coalition…
Images of Race, Class, and Markets: Rethinking the Origin of U.S. Fair Housing Policy
As the first national law to address racial discrimination in housing, the 1968 Fair Housing Act was truly a landmark piece of legislation. It prohibited homeowners, real-estate agents, lenders, and other housing professionals from engaging in a range of practices they had commonly used to keep neighborhoods racially segregated, such as refusing to sell or rent to a person because of his or her race, lying about the availability of a dwelling, or…
The Role of Ideas in Education Politics: Using Discourse Analysis to Understand Barriers to Reform in Multiethnic Cities
This article examines how the presence of multiple racial and ethnic groups complicates education politics. It suggests that to fully understand the multiethnic political terrain, we need to study how diverse groups understand their interests, and it proposes that discourse analysis offers an effective method for doing so. In four cities under study, coalitions across racial minority groups did not emerge to pursue education reform, despite share…
Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Race (biology (2 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (2 works) · Action (physics (1 works)