New Localism in the Neoliberal Era: Local District Response to Voluntary Open-School Markets in Ohio

Jin Lee

SAGE Open, 2021, vol. 11, issue 2, 21582440211022288

Abstract: Local education governance has allowed neighborhood schools to offer community-oriented curricula and activities, and public schools have been operated to serve only residents’ children within the defined areas. The rise of neoliberalism may, however, undermine political foundations of the traditional political systems. This article explores how self-governed local education authorities function and evolve under neoliberalism by revisiting core values in localism and neoliberalism. By looking into the voluntary open-enrollment policy in Ohio, this study finds that the local governments surrounded by dissimilar neighborhoods are more likely to depend on the mechanism of localism to protect local authorities and locational privileges. This research argues that neoliberal policies safeguard community interests by deeply engaging with interchanging resources across their borders in regional market environments.

Keywords: neoliberalism; localism; open enrollment; education market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/21582440211022288

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