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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... example of popular resist- ance 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 ...
... example). For these policies continue, and remain crucial to the creation of the extreme inequality that con- tributes to the fragility of the political economy and potential future financial implosions. In addition to contributing to a ...
... example). Despite my serious criticism of public policy as legislated by the political and economic coalitions that govern, I have great faith in the American people. U.S. history demonstrates—and my experience in two social movements ...
... examples such as these that, far from useless, visionary thinking may be a necessary, prescient prelude to social ... example, set the first minimum wage in 1938 at $3.05 (in 2000 dollars). When I wrote the first edition of Radical ...
... example, regulation of the minimum wage that kept low-paid work- ers' income at the median of highly-paid, unionized workers in the decades after World War II; federal programs for urban youth that would support college com- pletion; a ...
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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 |