Critical Interventions: Politics, Culture, and the Promise of Democracy
Gender for the Warfare State: Literature of Women in Combat
1st Edition
By Robin Truth Goodman
October 26, 2016
Gender for the Warfare State is the first scholarly investigation into the written works of U.S. women combat veterans in twenty-first century wars. Most recent studies quantify military participation, showing how many women participate in armed services and what their experiences are in a ...
Scripted Bodies: Corporate Power, Smart Technologies, and the Undoing of Public Education
1st Edition
By Kenneth Saltman
August 09, 2016
From drugging kids into attention and reviving behaviorism to biometric measurements of teaching and learning Scripted Bodies exposes a brave new world of education in the age of repression. Scripted Bodies examines how corporeal control has expanded in education, how it impacts the mind and ...
Elsewhere in America: The Crisis of Belonging in Contemporary Culture
1st Edition
By David Trend
May 09, 2016
Americans think of their country as a welcoming place where everyone has equal opportunity. Yet historical baggage and anxious times can restrain these possibilities. Newcomers often find that civic belonging comes with strings attached––riddled with limitations or legally punitive rites of passage...
The Great Inequality
1st Edition
By Michael Yates
January 28, 2016
A growing inequality in income and wealth marks modern capitalism, and it negatively affects nearly every aspect of our lives, especially those of the working class. It is and will continue to be the central issue of politics in almost every nation on earth. In this book, the author explains ...
Toward a New Common School Movement
1st Edition
By Noah De Lissovoy, Alexander J Means, Kenneth J. Saltman
February 27, 2015
Toward a New Common School Movement is a bold and urgent call to action.The authors argue that corporate school reform in the United States represents a failed project subverted by profiteering, corruption, and educational inequalities.Toward a New Common School Movement suggests that educational ...
Youth in Revolt: Reclaiming a Democratic Future
1st Edition
By Henry A. Giroux
March 30, 2013
Recently, American youth have demonstrated en masse about a variety of issues ranging from economic injustice and massive inequality to drastic cuts in education and public services. Youth in Revolt chronicles the escalating backlash against dissent and peaceful protest while exposing a lack of ...
Failure of Corporate School Reform
1st Edition
By Kenneth J. Saltman
December 30, 2012
Corporate school reforms, especially privatization, union busting, and high-stakes testing have been hailed as the last best hope for public education. Yet, as Kenneth Saltman powerfully argues in this new book, corporate school reforms have decisively failed to deliver on what their proponents ...