The End of Consensus: Diversity, Neighborhoods, and the Politics of Public School Assignments - Tapa blanda

Parcel, Toby L.; Taylor, Andrew J.

 
9781469622545: The End of Consensus: Diversity, Neighborhoods, and the Politics of Public School Assignments
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ISBN 10: 1469622548 ISBN 13: 9781469622545
Editorial: The University of North Carolina Press, 2015

Sinopsis

One of the nation's fastest growing municipalities, Wake County, North Carolina, added more than a quarter million new residents during the first decade of this century, an increase of almost 45 percent. At the same time, partisanship increasingly dominated local politics, including school board races. Against this backdrop, Toby Parcel and Andrew Taylor consider the ways diversity and neighborhood schools have influenced school assignment policies in Wake County, particularly during 2000-2012, when these policies became controversial locally and a topic of national attention. The End of Consensus explores the extraordinary transformation of Wake County during this period, revealing inextricable links between population growth, political ideology, and controversial K–12 education policies.

Drawing on media coverage, in-depth interviews with community leaders, and responses from focus groups, Parcel and Taylor's innovative work combines insights from these sources with findings from a survey of 1,700 county residents. Using a broad range of materials and methods, the authors have produced the definitive story of politics and change in public school assignments in Wake County while demonstrating the importance of these dynamics to cities across the country.

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Toby L. Parcel is professor of sociology at North Carolina State University, USA.

Andrew J. Taylor is professor of political science at North Carolina State University, USA.

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Editorial
The University of North Carolina Press
Año de publicación
2015
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1469622548
ISBN 13 
9781469622545
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Número de páginas
208
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