Takeover: race, education, and American democracy

Schools, state, and political power

A view from two cities : Newark, New Jersey and Central Falls, Rhode Island

State takeovers and black and Latino political empowerment

Why takeover? State centralization and the conservative education logic

The implications of state takeovers for urban politics : cohesive and disjointed state-local regimes

Takeovers and American democracy

Epilogue

Appendix A : state takeovers of local school districts and mayoral control

Appendix B : state takeovers by state, school district, and year of takeover (1989-2013)

Appendix C : notes on qualitative data

Appendix D : notes on quantitative data and analysis.