Radical Possibilities: Public Policy, Urban Education, and A New Social MovementRoutledge, 14/03/2014 - 244 من الصفحات 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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... corporations have basically stopped paying federal taxes , and some — like General Electric , Verizon , and Kraft ... corporate class , created a situation between 1980 and the mid - 2000s that made the 2007 economic explosion and ...
... corporate behavior. And I believe that if we act together, these policies and behavior can be changed. One hundred years ago, during the first two tumultuous decades of the 20th century, and then especially after the 1930s Depression ...
... corporations, banks, and hedge funds from oversight. The neoliberal paradigm (also described in the next chapter) ... corporate logic of profits and privatization to as many spheres of life as possible, such as public education, in ...
... corporate tax policies in recent years that allow 60% of large U.S. corporations to pay no federal taxes at all (and in some cases to obtain billions in rebates); harsh anti-union laws and lack of federal protection for labor organizing ...
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PART II Federal Policies that Maintain Poverty | 27 |
PART III Metro Area Inequities | 89 |
PART IV Social Movements New Public Policy and Urban Educational Reform | 127 |
Bibliography | 188 |
Index | 223 |