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Book SynopsisExplores the relations between global wealth and poverty, American and European elites and Third World indigenous societies and the role schools play in the destruction of cultures. This book examines how the dark underside of capitalism, called neoliberalism, is using schools to destroy an American generation.
Trade ReviewSegall maintains that the upper class "neoliberals" of America are working to satisfy their craving for wealth by establishing imperialist control of developing countries through globalization and creating a subservient and docile working class in America. * Reference and Research Book News *
This work provides the average reader a look into the economic and political forces driving global education reform. Segall relates through situational narrative the dynamics of neoliberal and neconservative policy initiatives and how that political allience is ultimately threatening our social fabric. -- D. Kunneman, Ponca City, Oklahoma
William Segall's brilliant analysis of neoliberal theories of education reform, including high-stakes testing, vouchers, tax credits, and corporate domination of public education, is chilling. This multidisciplinary, cross-cultural exploration of forces at work today sounds an alarm that should be of concern to teachers, teacher educators, and all who value public education. The work is highly informative, thoughtful, serious, and well-researched. -- Dale and Bonnie Johnson
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Reflections of a Different America: Surviving Ideology Chapter 2 How Eras Change: A History of Neoliberalism Chapter 3 Postcolonial Educational Reformers: A Global Perspective Chapter 4 Schools in a Global Society: From a Family of Nations to a Global Village Chapter 5 Globalization, Schools, and Children in DevelopingNations Chapter 6 The Education of Mean Middle Managers Chapter 7 Deviants, Nostalgia, and Neoliberal Reformers: TheAmerican Social Experience Chapter 8 Neoliberal Reformers: The American Educational Experience Chapter 9 Victorian Classism: Capitalism or Liberty? Chapter 10 Consequences and Quagmires: Combating Neoliberalism's Reform of America's Schools Chapter 11 Epilogue
