Public choice perspectives on urban schools
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11488303 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph G Weeres (corresponding author), Bruce S Cooper, Bruce Cooper |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 57-69 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Education Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-0939 • E-ISSN: 1464-5106 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0268093910060505 |
| OpenAlex | W2009260143 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 26 |
Using public choice theory as a conceptual orientation, the authors argue that politics in urban school districts have differed from those in suburban school districts. Urban school politics have been characterized by relatively well‐organized interest groups and weak market controls, although politics in suburban school districts vary also, as a function of the strength of market controls. The strength of these interest groups in city school systems is reflected in school board politics, in the administrative structure and in district policies. Interest group liberalism in urban school districts may be lessening due to the changing educational needs of urban students and due to reformers’ efforts to give parents more educational choices. However, the success of market reforms depends on a number of conditions which will be a severe challenge to reformers
Biology and political orientation · Economic growth · Economics · Function (biology · Interest group · Liberalism · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Public interest · School choice · School district · Sociology · Urban politics · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · School Choice and Performance
The Rough Road to Renaissance
City Limits
The Competitive City
Race and authority in urban politics
The Logic of Collective Action
Urban Response to Federal Program Flexibility
Developmental Politics Reconsidered
The Limits of Localism
Changing Patterns of Suburban Racial Composition, 1970-1980
American Government
Politics, Markets and America's Schools
The flight to the suburbs of population and employment, 1960–1970
A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures
Problems of Majority Voting
A Theory of the Critical Mass. I. Interdependence, Group Heterogeneity, and the Production of Collective Action
The Paradox of Group Size in Collective Action
Citizen-Demand Making in the Urban Context
The Political Economy of Intergovernmental Grant Seeking
Economic Constraint and Political Choice in Urban Policymaking
The New Economics of Organization
Social Networks and Collective Action
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 2008 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |