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Leslie K. Finger
Politics, Markets, and Pandemics: Public Education’s Response to COVID-19
Topics: Policy, Politics, and GovernanceThe COVID-19 pandemic presents a unique opportunity to examine how local governments respond to a public health crisis amid high levels of partisan polarization and an increasing tendency for local issues to become nationalized. As an arena that has, in recent years, been relatively separate… more →
Shifting Alliances in State Political Parties: The Case of Education Interest Groups
Topics: Policy, Politics, and GovernanceTags: LeadershipPolitical parties in the U.S. are composed of networks of interest groups, according to the extended party network theory. Scholars have focused on national extended party networks. We use the case of education interest groups to explore how policy environments shape party networks on the state… more →