Closed for Democracy

ISBN-13: 9781009247443 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 240 str.

Illinois) Nuamah Sally A. (Northwestern University

Opis

This book analyzes how public-school closures and the costly battles waged to stop them undermine the citizenship of Black Americans.

Recenzje

'Closed for Democracy is a rigorous and compelling account of the costs of participation for Black citizens in US democracy, given the continued lack of responsiveness to their needs. As Nuamah shows, even when Black citizens 'win' policy battles, they lose. This is a must-read for anyone interested in political loss, public things, democracy-building, Black political behavior, and educational policy.' Juliet Hooker, Professor of Political Science, Brown University, and author of Theorizing Race in the Americas: Douglass, Sarmiento, DuBois and Vasconcelos

Spis treści

Introduction Closed for school, open for Business: When citizens become targets in the era of mass school closures; 1. What targeted citizens Think: Racial differences in public opinion on school closures; 2. Who targeted citizens Blame: Blame, approval, and black power; 3. How targeted citizens fight back: Participating while poor and a minority in the policy process; 4. Who wins and who loses in the era of mass school closures?: Toward a theory of collective participatory debt; Conclusion closed for school, closed for democracy: Why closing schools undermine democracy; Epilogue Close to home; Bibliography; Appendix.