Book contents
- Closed for Democracy
- Closed for Democracy
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Closed for School, Open for Business
- 1 What Targeted Citizens Think
- 2 Who Targeted Citizens Blame
- 3 How Targeted Citizens Fight Back
- 4 Who Wins and Who Loses in the Era of Mass School Closures
- Conclusion: Closed for School, Closed for Democracy
- Epilogue: Close to Home
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
Conclusion: Closed for School, Closed for Democracy
Why Closing Schools Undermines Democracy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 March 2023
- Closed for Democracy
- Closed for Democracy
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Closed for School, Open for Business
- 1 What Targeted Citizens Think
- 2 Who Targeted Citizens Blame
- 3 How Targeted Citizens Fight Back
- 4 Who Wins and Who Loses in the Era of Mass School Closures
- Conclusion: Closed for School, Closed for Democracy
- Epilogue: Close to Home
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The book concludes by emphasizing how targeted citizen’s experiences with public school closures, and thus local government, weakens their trust in the political process and reduces their perceived value as citizens. Ultimately, the insights revealed in the book make clear that the closing of public schools contribute not only to the death of a school and its surrounding community but also to the slow death of citizens belief in, and access to, American democracy. Nonetheless, it also posits a potential way forward.
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- Closed for DemocracyHow Mass School Closure Undermines the Citizenship of Black Americans, pp. 134 - 141Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022