Detroit and the New Political Economy of Integration in Public Education

by Curtis L. Ivery (editor), Joshua A. Bassett (Editor)

This edited volume analyzes a little-known but important juncture in the history of racial integration and public education during the Obama administration through the advent of the Trump administration, which also marks a significant transition of US racial politics and race relations from its foundations in civil rights movements of the 1950s/60s. Focusing on the City of Detroit, which via the historic Supreme Court case, Milliken v. Bradley , stands as the central site of analysis for these broader national dynamics of race, education, and integration―what we term as a “new political economy of integration”―this volume offers a multidisciplinary perspective on the critical role integration must play in the project of America becoming a multiracial democracy as US populations continue to grow more diverse and will soon transform the nation into a multiracial majority for the first time in its history.

176 pages, Hardcover

Published September 11, 2022