America's Voucher Politics : How Elites Learned to Hide the State (Hardcover)

Introduction. Subtle forms of circumvention; 1. America's foundational identity struggles; 2. Two dimensions of attenuated governance; 3. The racial struggle: segregation grants in the Brown era; 4. The religious struggle: vouchers and the church-state question; 5. The public-private struggle: union opposition and the educational establishment; 6. Tax credit scholarships in an era of Republican dominance; 7. Education savings accounts and controversies beyond; Conclusion. Attenuated governance and the state.