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Democracy By Decree: What Happens When Courts Run Government
This valuable book explains why schools, welfare agencies, and other important state and local institutions have come to be controlled by attorneys and judges rather than by governors and mayors. The authors discuss why this has resulted in worse service to the public and what can be done to restore control of these programs to elected—and accountable—officials.
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Paperback, 288 pages
Published
August 11th 2004
by Yale University Press
(first published December 11th 2002)
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A short book that is probably nothing more than a hastily extended article, it does provide the only detailed look I know of into the surreal world of public consent decrees.
As is typical for urban studies it focuses on New York City, where the authors show that the prisons, special education programs, homeless shelters, children's services and many other major institutions have basically been removed from the realm of democratic accountability and handed over to select groups of spe...more
As is typical for urban studies it focuses on New York City, where the authors show that the prisons, special education programs, homeless shelters, children's services and many other major institutions have basically been removed from the realm of democratic accountability and handed over to select groups of spe...more
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