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Black social capital : the politics of school reform in Baltimore, 1986-1998
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- Creator
- Marion Orr
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [1999]
- ©1999
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0700609814, 9780700609819, 0700609822, 9780700609826
- OCLC
- ocm41338014
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-229) and index.
- Social capital, urban regimes, and school reform -- The formation of black social capital in Baltimore -- Patronage culture and the politics of biracial cooperation -- political economy and city schools, 1950-1990 -- School reform through site-based management -- Neighborhood mobilization: the Barclay and stadium school movements -- Civic elites and the Baltimore commonwealth -- defeat of private management -- School reform and the city-state connection -- Lessons from the Baltimore experience