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State Education Reforms and Local Political Participation: The Case of New Jersey Charter Schools
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State Education Reforms and Local Political Participation:
The Case of New Jersey Charter Schools
Scott F. Abernathy
Department of Political Science
University of Minnesota- Twin Cities
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Draft—Please do not cite or quote without permission. Abstract Taking the specific case of New Jersey charter school legislation, I examine the degree to which state- initiated privatization reforms effect local political participation. Using outcomes from voting in spring school budget elections in New Jersey’s nearly six hundred school districts from 1997-2002, I examine the relationship between the presence of charter schools in a district and voting behavior in the school budget elections. I find evidence that charter school districts are associated with relative decreases in voter turnout. These results suggest that making less-public the choices in the public space can have effects on participation within that space. These results also suggest that state- level policy initiatives can have local political effects, though it is not possible to generalize beyond those focused on the privatization of public services.
Prepared for delivery at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 28 - August 31, 2003. I would like to thank R. Douglas Arnold, Larry M. Bartels, John Freeman, Jeffrey Henig, Jennifer L. Hochschild , Lawrence R. Jacobs, Jeff Lomonoco, Robert Maranto, Michael Mintrom, J. Eric Oliver, David Samuels, Mark Schneider, Paul Teske, and Mike Yaple for their assistance and suggestions. All errors are mine.
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State Education Reforms and Local Political Participation:
The Case of New Jersey Charter Schools
Scott F. Abernathy
Department of Political Science
University of Minnesota- Twin Cities
## email not listed ##
Draft—Please do not cite or quote without permission.
Abstract
Taking the specific case of New Jersey charter school legislation, I examine the degree to
which state- initiated privatization reforms effect local political participation. Using
outcomes from voting in spring school budget elections in New Jersey’s nearly six
hundred school districts from 1997-2002, I examine the relationship between the
presence of charter schools in a district and voting behavior in the school budget
elections. I find evidence that charter school districts are associated with relative
decreases in voter turnout. These results suggest that making less-public the choices in
the public space can have effects on participation within that space. These results also
suggest that state- level policy initiatives can have local political effects, though it is not
possible to generalize beyond those focused on the privatization of public services.
Prepared for delivery at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
August 28 - August 31, 2003. I would like to thank R. Douglas Arnold, Larry M. Bartels, John
Freeman, Jeffrey Henig, Jennifer L. Hochschild , Lawrence R. Jacobs, Jeff Lomonoco, Robert
Maranto, Michael Mintrom, J. Eric Oliver, David Samuels, Mark Schneider, Paul Teske, and
Mike Yaple for their assistance and suggestions. All errors are mine.
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