Black Social Capital: The Politics of School Reform in

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Black Social Capital: The Politics of School Reform in Baltimore, 1986-1999 (Studies in Government and Public Policy) (Studies in Government & Public Policy)

Deindustrialization, white flight, and inner city poverty have spelled trouble for Baltimore schools. Marion Orr now examines why school reform has been difficult to achieve there, revealing the struggles of civic leaders and the limitations placed on Baltimore's African-American community as each has tried to rescue a failing school system.

Examining the interplay between government and society, Orr presents the first systematic analysis of social capital both within the African-American community ("black social capital") and outside it where social capital crosses racial lines. Orr shows that while black social capital may have created solidarity against white domination in Baltimore, it hampered African-American leaders' capacity to enlist the cooperation from white corporate elites and suburban residents needed for school reform.

Orr examines social capital at the neighborhood level, in elite-level interactions, and in intergovernmental relations to argue that black social capital doesn't necessarily translate into the kind of intergroup coalition needed to bring about school reform. He also includes an extensive historical survey of the black community, showing how distrust engendered by past black experiences has hampered the formation of significant intergroup social capital.

The book features case studies of school reform activity, including the first analysis of the politics surrounding Baltimore's decision to hire a private, for-profit firm to operate nine of its public schools. These cases illuminate the paradoxical aspects of black social capital in citywide school reform while offering critical perspectives on current debates about privatization, site-based management, and other reform alternatives.

Orr's book challenges those who argue that social capital alone can solve fundamentally political problems by purely social means and questions the efficacy of either privatization or black community power to reform urban schools. Black Social Capital offers a cogent conceptual synthesis of social capital theory and urban regime theory that demonstrates the importance of government, politics, and leadership in converting social capital into a resource that can be mobilized for effective social change.

Country	USA
Author	Marion Orr
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: University Press of Kansas
EAN	9780700609826
Edition	1St Edition
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0700609822
Label	Univ Pr of Kansas
Manufacturer	Univ Pr of Kansas
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	256
PublicationDate	1999-10-28
Publisher	Univ Pr of Kansas
Studio	Univ Pr of Kansas
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Black Social Capital: The Politics of School Reform in Baltimore, 1986-1999 (Studies in Government and Public Policy) (Studies in Government & Public Policy)

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