Decentralizing High School Administration in Detroit: An Evaluation of Alternative Strategies of Political Control.

Jenkins, Michael A.; Shepherd, John W.

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Decentralizing High School Administration in Detroit: An Evaluation of Alternative Strategies of Political Control

Jenkins, Michael A.; Shepherd, John W.

Economic Geography, 48, 1, 95-106, Jan 72

Basic cause of the differences in range of choice between white and black decentralization plans is the disparity between black registered electoral figures and the number of black students in the high school system. Geographic polarization of Detroit into a black inner city and surrounding white suburbs reinforces this effect. (RJ)

Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Black Organizations, Blacks, Community Control, Decentralization, Majority Attitudes, Politics, Whites

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Identifiers - Location: Michigan; Michigan (Detroit)

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