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- Title
Class, Race, and Power: Interest Group Politics and Education.
- Authors
Williams, Adriane
- Abstract
Literature review focuses on what theory and research primarily from political science and sociology of education have to say about families and communities working for change in education. Questions: (1) Do low-income minority families have the power to create positive and lasting change in school and/or district organization and policy? (2) Is such change possible and can it serve as a foundation for state and national education policy change? The families and communities in question are ‘the truly disadvantaged’ or ‘underclass’ in America’s urban centers. Largely black and Latino, the communities share the characteristics of developing nations: low economic development, high infant mortality rates, short life spans, and low levels of educational attainment. Social capital, collective action/social movement, and democracy theory are used. A typology of the policymaking process as described in the research is described. Local successes are treated laying the groundwork for answering the question about whether local successes can lead to state and federal reforms. Theories, typology, and stories of success are put into the context of school organization because the way that schools are organized may dictate what kinds of collective action are likely to succeed.
- Subjects
EDUCATIONAL change; POLITICAL science; SOCIOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL law &; legislation; DEVELOPING countries; SOCIAL movements; SCHOOL administration
- Publication
Urban Review, 2005, Vol 37, Issue 2, p127
- ISSN
0042-0972
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11256-005-0002-6