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School Board Battles: The Christian Right in Local Politics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2005

James L. Guth
Affiliation:
Furman University

Extract

School Board Battles: The Christian Right in Local Politics. By Melissa M. Deckman. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2004. 240p. $39.95 cloth, $26.95 paper.

Although it is almost conventional wisdom that the Christian Right was born in local political controversies, often over public education, scholars have usually focused on the movement's role in national electoral politics. Melissa Deckman restores some balance with an interesting study of Christian Right activity in school board politics. Although the book provides only a good start in that endeavor, it suggests many avenues for future research.

Type
BOOK REVIEWS: AMERICAN POLITICS
Copyright
© 2005 American Political Science Association

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