Ch. 1. Decentralization: The Ideologies of Inclusion and Deinstitutionalization -- Ch. 2. Big Cities and Patterns of Decentralization -- Ch. 3. New York City and Detroit: Empowerment in Perspective -- Ch. 4. Creating Enablement: Dade County and Los Angeles -- Ch. 5. Chicago Overview: Empowerment Today -- Ch. 6. Representative Democracy: Comparing and Contrasting the Attitudes of Chicago Parents -- Ch. 7. Enablement or Empowerment? The Workings of the Local School Council -- Ch. 8. Individual Limits to Empowerment -- Ch. 9. Conclusion
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