Take back higher education : race, youth, and the crisis of democracy in the post-Civil Rights Era / Henry A. Giroux and Susan Searls Giroux.

Author/creator Giroux, Henry A.
Other author Giroux, Susan Searls, 1968-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
Descriptionx, 324 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [287]-315) and index.
LCCN 2003066428
ISBN1403964238

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Joyner General Stacks LA227.4 .G57 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold