Book contents
- America’s Voucher Politics
- America’s Voucher Politics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 America’s Foundational Identity Struggles
- 2 Two Dimensions of Attenuated Governance
- 3 The Racial Struggle
- 4 The Religious Struggle
- 5 The Public–Private Struggle
- 6 Tax Credit Scholarships in an Era of Republican Dominance
- 7 Education Savings Accounts and Controversies Beyond
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- References
- Index
2 - Two Dimensions of Attenuated Governance
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 April 2020
- America’s Voucher Politics
- America’s Voucher Politics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 America’s Foundational Identity Struggles
- 2 Two Dimensions of Attenuated Governance
- 3 The Racial Struggle
- 4 The Religious Struggle
- 5 The Public–Private Struggle
- 6 Tax Credit Scholarships in an Era of Republican Dominance
- 7 Education Savings Accounts and Controversies Beyond
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 2 demonstrates that disaggregating the hidden state into underlying dimensions is theoretically valuable. The rhetorical and policy design dimensions are analytically separable. They occur in different spheres of political activity: policymaker communications and policy design. Combining these two dimensions produces different sorts of politics, with implications for the survival and growth of attenuated policies. I term these phenomena “two dimensions of attenuated governance.” Vouchers – policies which deliver public money to individuals for the purchase of services in private markets that would otherwise be provided by the government direct – are a source of empirical observations of attenuated governance.
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- America's Voucher PoliticsHow Elites Learned to Hide the State, pp. 33 - 54Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020