EDPP+5041+Politics+of+Centralization+and+Decentralization

Next Offered
Spring 2013

Professor
Jeffrey R. Henig (TC)

[[file:syll centralization sp13.doc]]
Note: Syllabus is subject to change at the professor's discretion.

Course Description
This course analyzes the political underpinnings and consequences of centralization versus decentralization at various levels of governance with special but not exclusive attention to educational decision-making. What accounts for the emergence and evolution of the U.S. federal system, and what difference does it make how we allocate authority among nation, state, and local governments? How does the multiplicity of local governments promote or constrain responsiveness to citizen needs and demands, and what are the prospects for regional governance in metropolitan areas? What have been the causes and results of various efforts to decentralize to neighborhoods or individual schools?

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