| Popis: |
One prominent finding of the urban services literature is that politics matters very little. Urban services are distributed according to bureaucratic decision rules that result in "unpatterned inequalities." This research challenges previous studies arguing that their findings are the function of narrow definitions, a neglect of the political process, unrealistic assumptions about citizen preferences, and failure to consider the nature of bureaucratic discretion. Using empirical evidence from 140 large urban school districts, this study finds that politics is the major means available to minorities to influence policy implementation. Political action can counter the perceived social-class biases of urban bureaucracies. |
