Schooling in the age of austerity : urban education and the struggle for democratic life
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Schooling in the age of austerity : urban education and the struggle for democratic life
(New frontiers in education, culture, and politics)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
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Note
Includes bibliograpical references (p. [165]-174) and index
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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.
Table of 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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