Politics of Institutional Reform - Katrina, Education, and the Second Face of Power

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Power, vested interests, and the politics of institutional reform; 2. Before Katrina: the normal politics of reform; 3. After Katrina: reform with the lid off; 4. Protecting the revolution: toward a new normal; 5. Learning from Katrina.

About the author

Terry M. Moe is the William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science at Stanford University, California, and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He has written extensively on the presidency, public bureaucracy, and the theory of political institutions more generally, most recently in Relic: How our Constitution Undermines Effective Government – And Why We Need a More Powerful Presidency (2016, with William Howell). He has also written extensively on the politics of American education, most recently in The Comparative Politics of Education: Teachers Unions and Education Systems around the World (Cambridge, 2017, edited with Susanne Wiborg) and Special Interest: Teachers Unions and America's Public Schools (2011).

Summary

Treating Hurricane Katrina as a natural experiment, Moe explores education reform to reveal how political power shapes and stifles efforts to fix failing institutions. Because the post-Katrina reforms proved revolutionary, this book will interest researchers and students in American politics, education, public policy, and theory of political institutions.

Product details

• Authors: Terry M Moe, Terry M. Moe, Terry M. (Stanford University Moe, Moe Terry M.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781108740388
• ISBN: 978-1-108-74038-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, Education, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, North America, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, 21st Century, Politics & government, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, Educational strategies & policy, Politics and government, Political science and theory, North America (USA and Canada), c 2010 to c 2020, c 2010 to c 2019, Educational strategies and policy