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Author Hackett, Ursula, 1988- author.

Title America's voucher politics : how elites learned to hide the state / Ursula Hackett
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 276) : illustrations
Contents Introduction: Subtle Forms of Circumvention -- America's Foundational Identity Struggles -- Two Dimensions of Attenuated Governance -- The Racial Struggle : Segregation Grants in the Brown Era -- The Religious Struggle : Vouchers and the Church-State Question -- The Public-Private struggle : Union Opposition and the Educational Establishment -- Tax Credit Scholarships in an Era of Republican Dominance -- Education Savings Accounts and Controversies Beyond -- Conclusion : Attenuated Governance and the State
Summary Explores how amid America's racial, religious, and civic struggles, voucher-supporting policymakers strategically attenuate policy design and communications to circumvent legal challenge
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Educational vouchers -- Law and legislation -- United States
Education and state -- United States
Education and state
Educational vouchers -- Law and legislation
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781108868594
1108868592
9781108858144
1108858147