March 2011

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Special Interest : Teachers Unions and America’s Public Schools

Posted by Brookings: Books and Journals on 31 Mar 2011 | Tagged as: Uncategorized


Despite their importance, the teachers unions have barely been studied. Special Interest fills that gap with an extraordinary analysis that is at once brilliant and kaleidoscopic—shedding new light on their historical rise to power, the organizational foundations of that power, the ways it is exercised in collective bargaining and politics, and its vast consequences for American education.

Feeling Betrayed : The Roots of Muslim Anger at America

Posted by Brookings: Books and Journals on 31 Mar 2011 | Tagged as: Uncategorized


Steven Kull, a political psychologist and acknowledged authority on international public opinion, has sought to understand more deeply how Muslims see America. How widespread is hostility toward the United States in the Muslim world? And what are its roots? How much support is there for radical groups that attack Americans, and why?

Special Interest : Teachers Unions and America’s Public Schools

Posted by Brookings: Books and Journals on 31 Mar 2011 | Tagged as: Uncategorized


Despite their importance, the teachers unions have barely been studied. Special Interest fills that gap with an extraordinary analysis that is at once brilliant and kaleidoscopic—shedding new light on their historical rise to power, the organizational foundations of that power, the ways it is exercised in collective bargaining and politics, and its vast consequences for American education.

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