| Description |
238 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Challenging casino capitalism and authoritarian politics in the age of disposability -- Beyond the politics of the big lie: the education deficit and the new authoritarianism -- The scorched earth politics of America's four fundamentalisms -- Violence, USA: the warfare state and the hardening of everyday life -- Hoodie politics: Trayvon Martin and racist violence in post-racial America -- The "suicidal state" and the war on youth -- Religious fundamentalism, the attack on public schools, and the crisis of reason -- Gated intellectuals and Fortress America: toward a borderless pedagogy in the Occupy Movement -- The Occupy Movement and the politics of educated hope -- Neoliberalism's war against teachers in dark times: rethinking the Sandy Hook Elementary School killings -- Dangerous pedagogy in the age of casino capitalism: reclaiming the radical imagination. |
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Public schools -- United States.
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Privatization in education -- United States.
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Education -- Aims and objectives -- United States.
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Youth -- United States -- Social conditions.
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| ISBN |
9781583673447 paperback alkaline paper |
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158367344X paperback alkaline paper |
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9781583673454 cloth alkaline paper |
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1583673458 cloth alkaline paper |
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