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Policy Entrepreneurs and School Choice

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Rapid and controversial, the spread of school choice initiatives across the United States has radically changed political debate about public education. In this volume, Michael Mintrom explores the complex world of open-enrollment policies, charter schools and voucher plans to reveal how and why school choice has become a major issue. Mintrom uses the emergence of school choice in state politics to examine how policy change originates. In this comprehensive treatment of the concept of policy entrepreneurship, he draws important conclusions about how innovative individuals can spur significant change in the policy arena. Blending theory with investigation, Mintrom explains how energetic people made school choice a real choice.
Preface 1. Policy Entrepreneurs and School Choice 2. Explanations of Policy Change 3. Entrepreneurs of Policy Change 4. Aspects of Entrepreneurship 5. Policy Entrepreneurs and the Policy Making Process 6. Empirical Studies of Policy Entrepreneurship 7. Policy Entrepreneurs and State Adoption of School Choice 8. Policy Networks and the Diffusion of School Choice 9. Policy Argumentation, Coalition Building, and School Choice 10. Policy Demonstration Projects and School Choice 11. Policy Entrepreneurs and Policy Change Appendix Bibliography Index
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