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Schooling in the Age of Austerity: Urban Education and the Struggle for Democratic Life (ePub eBook)


Schooling in the Age of Austerity: Urban Education and the Struggle for Democratic Life (ePub eBook)

eBook by Means, A.

Schooling in the Age of Austerity: Urban Education and the Struggle for Democratic Life (ePub eBook)

£44.99

ISBN:
9781137032058
Publication Date:
12 Feb 2013
Publisher:
Springer Nature
Imprint:
Palgrave Macmillan
Pages:
186 pages
Format:
eBook
For delivery:
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Schooling in the Age of Austerity: Urban Education and the Struggle for Democratic Life (ePub eBook)

Description

Through a case study in a Chicago public school, Means demonstrates that, despite the fragmentation of human security in low-income and racially segregated public schools, there exist positive social relations, knowledge, and desire for change that can be built upon to promote more secure and equitable democratic futures for young people.

Contents

Introduction: Schooling in a Time of Crisis and Austerity PART I: NEOLIBERAL SCHOOLING AND THE POLITICS OF SECURITY Securing Precarious Urban Futures Chicago and the Management of Social Research PART II: NARRATIVES OF ENCLOSURE AND POSSIBILITY Learning by Dispossession: Objective Violence and Educational Failure Criminality or Sociality: A Zero Sum Game? Searching for Human Security and Citizenship Conclusion: Public Schooling for a Common Security

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