Schooling in the age of austerity : urban education and the struggle for democratic life /

Schooling in the Age of Austerity examines the fragmentation of human security in urban public schools and lives of young people amid escalating global economic volatility and domestic social polarization. In accessible and vivid language, Means confronts how neoliberal restructuring and crisis have...

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Main Author: Means, Alexander J., 1977-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Series:New frontiers in education, culture, and politics.
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