{"product_id":"110-livingston-street-9780975273838","title":"110 Livingston Street","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Rogers uses competing sociological models of mass society to analyze the New York City school system, which he describes as a “sick bureaucracy.” The author discusses the divisive school decentralization crisis of the late 1960s and early 1970s as well as efforts by subsequent mayors to reform the system.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[A] thorough and important study of the immovable bureaucratic system which is threatening to destroy New York’s children.'  (Christian Science Monitor)       'Rogers captures the true impotence of those who try to open a system which protects itself by drifting from crisis to crisis.'   (New York Magazine)       '[A] book without heroes. . . . Even the best and most civic-minded actors in this tragedy are quickly absorbed by the school machine.' (New York Times Book Review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue to the Percheron Press Edition   Introduction: The New York City School Struggle   1. The Failure of Desegregation: A Brief History   2. Demographic and Housing Patterns   3. The Neighborhood School Movement   4. Civil Rights Organizations   5. The White Liberals   6. The Moderates   7. The Board and Its Top Decision Makers   8. The Professional Bureaucracy   9. Administrative Controls   10. Community Relations   11. Decision Making, Administrative Styles, and Crisis Management   12. The Board of Education and New York City Government   13. Alternative Reform Strategies and Public School Systems   Appendixes   Bibliography   Source Notes   Index","brand":"Eliot Werner Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885128069463,"sku":"9780975273838","price":32.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/110-livingston-street-9780975273838","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}