North American Sociology, Education - Philosophy & Social Aspects, Militarism, Education - Miscellaneous Topics, Educational Sociology, Education Policies

Education as Enforcement

Name: Education as Enforcement
Author: Kenneth J. Saltman
ISBN: 9780415944892

by Gabbard, David A., Saltman, Kenneth J., Giroux, Henry A.

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Overview

With surveillance cameras, chainlink fences, surprise searches and metal detectors our public schools increasingly resemble the military and prisons. The first book to focus on the intersections of militarization, corporations and education, Education as Enforcement shows how schooling has become the means through which the expansion of global corporate power is enforced. Whether through accountability and standards, school security, or other discipline based reforms, militarized education in the U.S. needs to be understood in relation to the enforcement of corporate economic imperatives and to a sense of "law and order" that pervades our popular culture. Such an understanding will enable the conception of strategies for renewing a spirit of public civic engagement and democratic responsibility.\

About the Author, Kenneth J. Saltman

Kenneth J. Saltman is Assistant Professor of Social and Cultural Studies at DePaul University. David A. Gabbard is Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at East Carolina University's School of Education.