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Preface: Constants and Changes in the Politics of Education. PART I: THE INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT OF EDUCATIONAL POLITICS. Chapter 1:  Beyond Pluralistic Patterns of Power: Research on the Micropolitics of Schools. Chapter 2:  Hitting a Moving Target: How Politics Determines the Changing Roles of Superintendents and School Boards. Chapter 3:  Advocates and Partners for Education Excellence: A 21st Century Role for Mayors. Chapter 4:  Understanding Education Policymaking and Policy Change in the American States: Learning from Contemporary Policy Theory. Chapter 5:  Political Cultures in Education: Emerging Perspectives. Chapter 6:  Judicial Impact on Education Politics and Policies. Chapter 7:  The Politics of School Finance in the New Normal Era. Chapter 8:  Federal Education Policy from Reagan to Obama: Convergence, Divergence, and “Control”. Chapter 9:  Federalism, Equity, and Accountability in Education. PART II:  INTEREST GROUPS, ACTIVISTS, ENTREPRENEURS, AND EDUCATION REFORM. Chapter 10:  Binders of Women and the Blinders of Men: Feminism and the Politics of Education. Chapter 11:  Religious Faith and Policy in Public Education: A Political and Historical Analysis of the Christian Right in American Schooling. Chapter 12:  Respecting Religion and Culture in Schools: An International Overview. Chapter 13: The Politics of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Chapter 14: The Ideological and Political Landscape of School Choice Advocacy. Chapter 15:  The Collective Politics of Teacher Unionism. Chapter 16:  Outliers: Political Forces in Gifted and Special Education. Chapter 17:  A New Kind of Integrated Education. Chapter 18:  Interest Groups Revisited.