The Curious Case of Kiryas Joel: Governmental Accommodation or Capitulation?.

Purrington, Gordon S.; Layton, Donald H.

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ERIC Number: EJ528772

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Publication Date: 1996

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The Curious Case of Kiryas Joel: Governmental Accommodation or Capitulation?

Purrington, Gordon S.; Layton, Donald H.

Education and Urban Society, v28 n3 p366-77 May 1996

Explores the politics of education in the case of the establishment and reauthorization of a New York school district to serve the special education students of the Hasidic Jewish community of Kiryas Joel. The case of Kiryas Joel illustrates the political power of a single-interest special interest group. (SLD)

Descriptors: Conservatism, Court Litigation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Government Role, Jews, Legal Problems, Political Attitudes, Religious Cultural Groups, School Districts, Special Education, State Church Separation

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: New York

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