1st Edition

The Politics of School Integration Comparative Case Studies

By Robert Crain Copyright 1968
408 Pages
by Routledge

408 Pages
by Routledge

408 Pages
by Routledge

This book discusses desegregation as a community decision, focusing on case studies from the 1960s. Crain uses comparative techniques based on fifteen northern and southern cities. The author seeks a "total" explanation for the decision to desegregate by determining its proximate causes and locating the roots of the decision in the economic, social, and political structure of the community. This... Read more
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of TablesList of IllustrationsPart I: Eight Northern CitiesPart II: An Analysis of School Policy-MakingPart III: Desegregation in New OrleansPart IV: The Community and the Civil Rights MovementPart V: ConclusionAppendicesReferencesIndex

Biography

Robert Crain