America's Education Deficit and the War on Youth : Reform Beyond Electoral Politics.

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America's latest war, according to renowned social critic Henry Giroux, is a war on youth. While this may seem counterintuitive in our youth-obsessed culture, Giroux lays bare the grim reality of how our educational, social, and economic institutions continually fail young people. Their systemi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Giroux, Henry A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Monthly Review Press, 2013.
Temas:
Education and state > United States.
Education > Political aspects > United States.
Education > Social aspects > United States.
Éducation > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Éducation > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Education and state
Education > Political aspects
Education > Social aspects
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:America's latest war, according to renowned social critic Henry Giroux, is a war on youth. While this may seem counterintuitive in our youth-obsessed culture, Giroux lays bare the grim reality of how our educational, social, and economic institutions continually fail young people. Their systemic failure is the result of what Giroux identifies as ""four fundamentalisms"": market deregulation, patriotic and religious fervor, the instrumentalization of education, and the militarization of society. We see the consequences most plainly in the decaying education system: schools are increasingly desi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (239 pages)
ISBN:9781583673461
1583673466

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