School Politics Chicago Style

Editor/s: 
Paul Peterson
Year of publication: 
1976
Publisher: 
University Of Chicago Press
Pages: 
320 pages

Shows how the Daley machine, its reform opposition, and racial change form the context for school policy. Case studies of desegregation, collective bargaining and decentralization reveal how the basis for decisions can change when viewed through different interpretative lenses.

Winner of the Gladys Kammerer Award, American Political Science Association. Award given to the Best Book on American Politics.