Minority support for school bonds in Charlotte-Mecklenburg a cautionary note

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 193-203

  Priest, Thomas B ^a,b   Fox, Linette P ^a,b  

^a JOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Social Science ^*

Author keywords

Minorities; School bonds; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 13244259324     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124504269866     Document Type: Article

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