Expelling public schools : how antiracist politics enable school privatization in Newark /

"Examining the more than two-decade struggle to privatize public schools in Newark, New Jersey-a conflict that is raging in cities across the country-Expelling Public Schools is a critique of Black urban regime politics and the way in which antiracist messaging obscures real class divisions, in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Arena, John (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Privatization in education > Social aspects > United States.
Education, Urban > New Jersey > Case studies.
Racism > New Jersey.
Privatisation en éducation > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Enseignement en milieu urbain > New Jersey > Études de cas.
Racisme > New Jersey.
EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General
Education, Urban
Racism
New Jersey
United States
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Whip Them Back into Line
  • Part I: Movement Foundations
  • Chapter 1. Whose Schools, Whose City?
  • Part II: The Movement from Above
  • Chapter 2. Regime Change: Cory Booker, Philanthrocapitalism, and the New Civil Rights Movement of Our Day, 1996-2006
  • Chapter 3. Booker in Power: Reconstructing the State and the Limits of Neoliberal Antiracism, 2006-2012
  • Part III: The Movement from Below
  • Chapter 4. Rebel City?: Newark's Education Movement from Below, 2010-2013
  • Chapter 5. The Clash of Disruptors: Who Would Prevail? 2013-2014
  • Part IV: Containing the Movement
  • Chapter 6. Ras Baraka's Self-Determination Politics: The First Time as Tragedy, Second Time as Farce, Summer-Fall 2014
  • Chapter 7. We All Become Mayor?: Movement Reinvention and the Ousting of Cami Anderson, Spring-Summer 2015
  • Chapter 8. Making Newark Governable Again: Merging Movements through Racial Democracy, 2015-2018
  • Conclusion: Tell No Lies, Claim No Easy Victories
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix: Research Methods
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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