"Hired Guns" and "Legitimate Voices": The Politics and Participants of Levy Campaigns in Five Ohio School Districts

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 814-858

  Ingle, William Kyle ^a   Johnson, Paul Andrew ^a   Petroff, Ruth Ann ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

politics; school budget referenda; school finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869417088     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X12448251     Document Type: Article

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