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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... legislation that inaugurated a period of“gentler, kinder, capitalism”—an iteration ofthe political economy that lasted 40 years. Between the 1940s and about 1980, business and finance were controlled and highly regulated, and could not ...
... legislation. Today, despite the brieferuption of Occupy Wall Street in 2011, the radical, well-funded Right has weakened many ofthose mandates, and we need a set ofpublic policies that will protect and support—and provide economic and ...
... legislation affects the wages of almost one-fifth of the work- force. There are other macroeconomic policies with consequences that produce hardship. These especially burden the lives of African Amerians and Latinos. Chapters Four and ...
... legislation in 1938 finally provided the legal end to child labor, an eight-hour day, a 40-hour week, and a minimum wage. This decades-long, vociferous advocacy also culminated in the 1930s in the right to overtime pay, unemployment ...
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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 |