For four decades, the number of conservative parents who homeschool
their children has risen. But unlike others who teach at home,
conservative homeschool families and organizations have amassed an
army of living-room educators ready to defend their right to
instruct their children as they wish, free from government
intrusion. Through intensive but often hidden organizing,
homeschoolers have struck fear into state legislators, laying the
foundations for Republican electoral success. In Homeschooling the
Right, the political scientist Heath Brown provides a novel
analysis of the homeschooling movement and its central role in
conservative efforts to shrink the public sector. He traces the
aftereffects of the passage of state homeschool policies in the
1980s and the results of ongoing conservative education activism on
the broader political landscape, including the campaigns of George
W. Bush and the rise of the Tea Party. Brown finds that by opting
out of public education services in favor of at-home provision,
homeschoolers have furthered conservative goals of reducing the
size and influence of government. He applies the theory of policy
feedback—how public-policy choices determine subsequent
politics—to demonstrate the effects of educational activism for
other conservative goals such as gun rights, which are similarly
framed as matters of liberty and freedom. Drawing on decades of
county data, dozens of original interviews, and original archives
of formal and informal homeschool organizations, this book is a
groundbreaking investigation of the politics of the conservative
homeschooling movement.
General
Imprint: |
Columbia University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
2021 |
First published: |
2021 |
Authors: |
Heath Brown
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
264 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-231-18880-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-231-18880-3 |
Barcode: |
9780231188807 |
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