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School Reform in a Global Society
William E. Segall
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Description for School Reform in a Global Society
Paperback. Explores 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. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; JNL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
School Reform in a Global Society is about how a silent, wealthy upper class in the United States waited until the end of the Twentieth Century to transform America into something it once was during the Age of the Robber Barons. Known today as neoliberals, this nostalgic elite, craving the return of the unregulated capitalism of the nineteenth century, see themselves as the new Victorian imperialists. Using the term globalization to mean economic colonialism, their corporate policies force Third World governments, parents and children alike to accept schooling that disregards and damages their cultures. Even in the United States they ... Read more
School Reform in a Global Society is about how a silent, wealthy upper class in the United States waited until the end of the Twentieth Century to transform America into something it once was during the Age of the Robber Barons. Known today as neoliberals, this nostalgic elite, craving the return of the unregulated capitalism of the nineteenth century, see themselves as the new Victorian imperialists. Using the term globalization to mean economic colonialism, their corporate policies force Third World governments, parents and children alike to accept schooling that disregards and damages their cultures. Even in the United States they ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742524613
SKU
V9780742524613
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About William E. Segall
Dr. William Segall is professor of Social Foundations in Oklahoma State University's College of Education and a professor in the University's School of International Studies. His graduate seminars in Ethiopian and Soviet educational systems are noted internationally along with his pioneering undergraduate social foundations curriculums on the role schools play in understanding international problems. Dr. Segall has also taught in ... Read more
Reviews for School Reform in a Global Society
Segall 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 ... Read more
Reference and Research Book News
This work provides the average reader a look into the economic and political forces driving global education ... Read more