race, youth, and the crisis of democracy in the post-Civil Rights Era /
First Statement of Responsibility
Henry A. Giroux and Susan Searls Giroux.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 324 pages ;
Dimensions
22 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-315) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction : why taking back higher education matters -- pt. 1: Pedagogy and the promise of democracy in the university. The post-9/11 university and the project of democracy -- Academic culture, intellectual courage, and the crisis of politics in an era of permanent war -- Cultural studies and critical pedagogy in the academy -- pt. 2: Higher education and the politics of race. Race, rhetoric, and the contest over civic education -- The return of the ivory tower : black educational exclusion in the post-civil rights era -- pt. 3: Incorporating education and shredding the social contract. Youth, higher education, and the breaking of the social contract : toward the possibility of a democratic future -- Neoliberalism goes to college : higher education in the new economy.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"At the beginning of the new millennium, higher education is under attack. No longer viewed as a public good, it is besieged by corporations, the right-wing, and neoconservatives who seek to decouple higher education from its legacy of educating students to be critical and autonomous citizens imbued with democratic and public values."
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"In this new book, Giroux and Giroux argue that if higher education is going to meet the challenges of a democratic future, it will have to confront neoliberalism, racism, and the shredding of the social contract. In part, this means reclaiming education as crucial to the project of democratization and viewing equality and social justice as fundamental to civic education. It also means providing the conditions for educators to become public intellectuals actively working to link their teaching to broader social issues aimed at constructing a new, inclusive, democratic social order."--Jacket.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Education-- Political aspects-- United States.
Education, Higher-- Aims and objectives-- United States.
Higher education and state-- United States.
Universities and colleges-- United States-- Sociological aspects.