{"product_id":"expelling-public-schools-john-arena-9781517913670","title":"Expelling Public Schools: How Antiracist Politics Enable School Privatization in Newark","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExploring the role of identitarian politics in the privatization of Newark's public school system\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eExpelling Public Schools, \u003c\/i\u003e John Arena explores the more than two-decade struggle to privatize public schools in Newark, New Jersey--a conflict that is raging in cities across the country--from the vantage point of elites advancing the pro-privatization agenda and their grassroots challengers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnalyzing the unsuccessful effort of Cory Booker--Newark's leading pro-privatization activist and mayor--to generate popular support for the agenda, and Booker's rival and ultimate successor Ras Baraka's eventual galvanization of the charter movement, Arena argues that Baraka's black radical politics cloaked a revanchist agenda of privatization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eExpelling Public Schools\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the political rise of Booker and Baraka, their one-time rivalry and subsequent alliance, and what this particular case study illuminates about contemporary post-civil rights Black politics. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eExpelling Public Schools\u003c\/i\u003e is a critique of Black urban regime politics and the way in which antiracist messaging obscures real class divisions, interests, and ideological diversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Arena\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517913675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517913670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2024","brand":"John Arena","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46571178033407,"sku":"9781517913670","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_75f77092-1055-4582-88fe-7c3c8741a76b.jpg?v=1738807474","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/expelling-public-schools-john-arena-9781517913670","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}