Equality, Education, and Human Rights in the United States

Issues of Gender, Race, Sexuality, Disability, and Social Class
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-367-71400-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 641 g

This book offers an uncompromising and rigorous analysis of education and human rights by examining issues related to gender, race, sexuality, disability, and social class. Written as a companion to the very successful U.K. version, this volume reflects the economic, political, social, and cultural changes in educational and political policy and practice in the United States. Offering a comprehensive look at these areas, this book is an essential resource across a wide range of disciplines and for all those interested in education, social policy, and equality.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cole, Mike

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword: Democracy Under Siege and the Rise of the Unthinkable; Introduction: Equality and Human Rights in the United States today 1. Feminism and Socialism: Looking Back, Looking Ahead; 2. Gender and Education: The Revolutionary ‘Force and Reason’ of Women; 3. U. S. History Breathes and Bleeds Racism; 4. Racism and Education: Failure to Achieve Democratic Aims Inclusively in Public Schooling; 5. The Making of Sexuality in the United States: Normativity, Heteropatriarchy, and Resisting the ‘Euphoria’ of Androcentric Logic; 6. Toward a Marxian Understanding of Sex Education Policy and Curriculum in the United States; 7. Disability Matters: A Materialist History of Disability Under U.S. Settler-Capitalism; 8. Disabling Learning Conditions: Ability-Segregated Education and the Creation of Disability; 9. Marx and the Marxist alternative to neoliberal capitalism: the case for a fully inclusive ecosocialism for today; 10. The Hidden Cost of Class Disavowal and the Case for a New Education System: Social Class and Education in the U.S.

Über Autor(innen)

Mike Cole is a writer and Emeritus Research Professor in Education and Equality at Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln, UK. His latest books are Education, Equality, and Human Rights: Issues of Gender, ‘Race’, Sexuality, Disability and Social Class, Fifth Edition; and Racism and the Tory Party: From Disraeli to Johnson (2023).