Keeping policy churn off the agenda: Urban education and civic capacity

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-180

  Marschall, Melissa ^a   Shah, Paru ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic capacity; Mayoral leadership; Policy change; Urban education reform

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATION REFORM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20444493577     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2005.00100.x     Document Type: Article

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