The abandoned generation : democracy beyond the culture of fear

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Title:

Author:

Giroux, Henry A.

ISBN:

9781403961389

Personal Author:

Giroux, Henry A.

Publication Information:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Physical Description:

p. cm.

Contents:

Introduction: The War Against Youth in the Post-9/11 Era -- Ch. 1. Public Time versus Emergency Time: Politics, Terrorism, and the Culture of Fear -- Ch. 2. Democracy, Patriotism, and Schooling After September 11: Critical Citizens or Unthinking Patriots? -- Ch. 3. Global Capitalism and the Return of the Garrison State: Rethinking Hope in the Age of In-Security -- Ch. 4. Leaving Most Children Behind: Public Education Under Siege -- Ch. 5. Teen Girls' Resistance and the Disappearing Social in Ghost World -- Ch. 6. From "Manchild" to Baby Boy: Race and the Politics of Self-Help -- Ch. 7. Higher Education, Inc.: Training Students to Be Consumers.

Subject Term:

Critical pedagogy -- United States.

Youth -- United States -- Social conditions.

Education -- Political aspects -- United States.

Education -- United States -- Curricula.

Social justice -- United States.

Mass media and youth -- United States.

Electronic Access:

Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol031/2002035514.html
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/hol031/2002035514.html

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Summary

Henry Giroux continues his critique of American culture and the way it impinges on the lives of our children. This time, Henry goes further, looking at the 'Bush Restoration' years, the attacks of September 11th and the way the world has been transformed for our children and young adults.