Appointing or electing the Boston school committee: The preferences of the African American community

Urban Education

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 4-26

  Taylor, Steven ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040432945     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085901361002     Document Type: Article

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