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The End of Consensus. Diversity, Neighborhoods, and the Politics of Public School Assignments.
Parcel, Toby L.; Taylor, Andrew J.
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Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
One of the nation's fastest growing municipalities, Wake County, North Carolina, added more than a quarter million new residents during the first decade of this century, an increase of almost 45 percent. At the same time, partisanship increasingly dominated local politics, including school board races. Against this backdrop, Toby Parcel and Andrew Taylor consider the ways diversity and neighborhood schools have influenced school assignment policies in Wake County, particularly during 2000-2012, when these policies became controversial locally and a topic of national attention. The End of Consensus explores the extraordinary transformation of Wake County during this period, revealing inextricable links ... Read more
One of the nation's fastest growing municipalities, Wake County, North Carolina, added more than a quarter million new residents during the first decade of this century, an increase of almost 45 percent. At the same time, partisanship increasingly dominated local politics, including school board races. Against this backdrop, Toby Parcel and Andrew Taylor consider the ways diversity and neighborhood schools have influenced school assignment policies in Wake County, particularly during 2000-2012, when these policies became controversial locally and a topic of national attention. The End of Consensus explores the extraordinary transformation of Wake County during this period, revealing inextricable links ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469622545
SKU
V9781469622545
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About Parcel, Toby L.; Taylor, Andrew J.
Toby L. Parcel is professor of sociology at North Carolina State University, USA. Andrew J. Taylor is professor of political science at North Carolina State University, USA.
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