SCHOOL-REFORM IN NEW-YORK AND CHICAGO - REVISITING THE ECOLOGY OF LOCAL GAMES

School reform efforts in New York City in 1967 and in Chicago in 1989 provide a laboratory for the comparative study of regime politics in education. Using Long's local game theory, this analysis reveals significant differences in the two city cultures. Differences in the outcomes of the reform efforts can be explained as a product of the ability of city stakeholders to coalesce and advance their interests at the state level.