{"product_id":"homeschooling-the-right-9780231188814","title":"Homeschooling the Right","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeath Brown provides a novel analysis of the homeschooling movement and its central role in conservative efforts to shrink the public sector. He traces the aftereffects of the passage of state homeschool policies in the 1980s and the results of ongoing conservative education activism on the broader political landscape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this fascinating and informative book, Heath Brown examines how the homeschooling movement has produced far-reaching and powerful political effects. By permitting people to opt out of public life, homeschooling has contributed to social sorting and polarization, and its supporters have constructed a formidable parallel set of institutions and civic organizations. Brown’s insightful analysis illuminates how conservative policy achievements yield enduring feedback effects that are transforming the public sphere. -- Suzanne Mettler, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eFour Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow do groups frame issues to their own members, and separately to policy makers and the broader public? How did the word ‘freedom’ come to mean separating oneself from public education, public neighborhoods, and public services? What is the nature of the broad right-wing parallel network of social and political institutions? Brown’s comprehensive analysis of the development of the homeschooling movement addresses these questions and many more. It is a model of policy history. And it is alarming. -- Frank R. Baumgartner, author of \u003ci\u003eAgendas and Instability in American Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn detailing the political, institutional, and social apparatus that has grown up around homeschooling, Brown shows how a parallel politics emerged that simultaneously withdraws from and undermines the public sphere. The significance of this study provides crucial insights into the deep political fault lines of our current moment. -- Adam Sheingate, author of \u003ci\u003eBuilding a Business of Politics: The Rise of Political Consulting and the Transformation of American Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this exciting book, Heath Brown enlarges our understanding of conservative public policies and their relation to American political development, helps situate the homeschooling movement within the larger ‘New Right’ enterprise, and offers a novel theory of conservative freedom policies as they operate through and outside of the state. -- Kristin Goss, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Paradox of Gender Equality: How American Women’s Groups Gained and Lost Their Public Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHomeschooling the Right\u003c\/i\u003e has implications that go well beyond education politics and policy, shedding light on the interplay between organized interests, social movements, party coalitions, and public policy. It is also essential reading for anyone interested in the development of the modern conservative movement. -- Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, author of \u003ci\u003ePolitics At Work: How Companies Turn Their Workers Into Lobbyists\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInstructors should consider adopting this book for a generic course in public policy as well as more specific courses including advocacy, lobbying, and social movements. Moreover, this book will be a valuable resource to scholars, practitioners, and students in the field. * Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003eBrown succeeds admirably in demonstrating how the homeschooling movement undermines the state. -- Daniel T. Gresham * European Journal of American Studies *\u003cbr\u003eIf you are into dry jargon-filled prose that drones on and on and seeming never ends, \u003ci\u003eHomeschooling the Right \u003c\/i\u003eis not for you. -- John B. Holbein * Political Science Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003eResearchers interested in parental rights, school choice, political parties, and social phenomena will appreciate a close reading and examination of how significantly homeschoolers have played a role in 'transforming how policy beneficiaries think about government, how they think about themselves as citizens, and what they value' * Journal of School Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. A Theory of Conservative Freedom Policy Feedback\u003cbr\u003e2. The Development of Homeschool Policy\u003cbr\u003e3. Design of Homeschool and Charter School Policy\u003cbr\u003e4. The Pillars of Homeschooling\u003cbr\u003e5. Homeschooling Organizational Feedback and Communications\u003cbr\u003e6. State and Local Mobilization and Policy Change\u003cbr\u003e7. Political Behavior and Community Effects\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eAppendix\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524655325527,"sku":"9780231188814","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231188814.jpg?v=1731857632","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/homeschooling-the-right-9780231188814","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}