Jean Anyon

Radical Possibilities (eBook, PDF)

Public Policy, Urban Education, and A New Social Movement

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The core argument of Jean Anyon's classic Radical Possibilities is deceptively simple: if we do not direct our attention to the ways in which federal and metropolitan policies maintain the poverty that plagues communities in American cities, urban school reform as currently conceived is doomed to fail. With every chapter thoroughly revised and updated, this edition picks up where the 2005 publication left off, including a completely new chapter detailing how three decades of political decisions leading up to the "Great Recession" produced an economic crisis of epic proportions. By tracing the root causes of the financial crisis, Anyon effectively demonstrates the concrete effects of economic decision-making on the education sector, revealing in particular the disastrous impacts of these policies on black and Latino communities.

Going beyond lament, Radical Possibilities offers those interested in a better future for the millions of America's poor families a set of practical and theoretical insights. Expanding on her paradigm for combating educational injustice, Anyon discusses the Occupy Wall Street movement as a recent example of popular resistance in this new edition, set against a larger framework of civil rights history. A ringing call to action, Radical Possibilities reminds readers that throughout U.S. history, equitable public policies have typically been created as a result of the political pressure brought to bear by social movements. Ultimately, Anyon's revelations teach us that the current moment contains its own very real radical possibilities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136202216
• Artikelnr.: 40808962

Autorenporträt

Jean Anyon is professor of social and educational policy in the Doctoral Program in Urban Education at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is the author of the best-selling and critically acclaimed Ghetto Schooling: A Political Economy of Urban School Reform.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part ONE
The Great Recession Chapter One
Financialization, Economic Disaster, and an Alternative  Part TWO
Federal Policies that Maintain Poverty Chapter Two 
The Economic is Political Chapter Three
Federal Policies that Keep People Poor Chapter Four
Income, Wealth, and Taxes Chapter Five
New Hope for Urban Students Part THREE
Metro Area Inequities Chapter Six
  Metro Areas and the Regional Geography of Poverty: Job and Public Transit Mismatches Chapter Seven
Housing Reform as Education Reform Chapter Eight
Regional and Local Challenges to Inequity Part FOUR
Social Movements, New Public Policy, and Urban Educational Reform Chapter Nine
How do People Become Involved in Political Contention? Chapter Ten
Building a Social Movement Chapter eEeven
Putting Educators at the Center of a Social Movement for Economic and Educational Justice