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    "pk": 63256,
    "title": "The Ballot Initiative and Other Modern Threats to Public Engagement in Educational Policymaking",
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    "abstract": "This paper situates recent changes in educational policymaking, especially the increased use of the ballot initiative, within larger historical trends related to democratic engagement in policy development. I conduct an integrative literature review that combines conceptual analyses with findings from empirical investigations into new policymaking tactics and their influence on policy development. Specifically, I explore (a) the discourses justifying policy priorities over time, and (b) the role of democratic engagement in dominant modes of policymaking. I demonstrate that various sources combine to tell a troubling story about the longstanding exclusion of the public from policymaking regarding its public schools. Further, I argue that, perhaps paradoxically, the increased use of the ballot initiative only exacerbates this trend. Ultimately, I use results from the reviewed research to ask if there is a better way to make policy, one that aspires to higher democratic ideals.",
    "language": "en",
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    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Education Policy"
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        {
            "word": "Literature Review"
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        {
            "word": "Discourse Analysis"
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        {
            "word": "Democratic Engagement"
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    "section": "Articles",
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    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7c2346tq",
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        {
            "first_name": "Peter",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Piazza",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Boston College \nLynch School of Education",
            "department": ""
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    ],
    "date_submitted": "2015-11-23T00:34:03Z",
    "date_accepted": "2015-11-23T00:34:03Z",
    "date_published": "2017-05-09T03:50:30+01:00",
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