The Abandoned Generation
Subtitle: Democracy Beyond the Culture of Fear
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: April 19, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781403961389
Subjects: Central government; Children; Social impact of disasters; Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle; Politics and education; Education / Teaching; Youth; Education; USA; Social conditions; Aims & Objectives; Educational Policy & Reform; Students & Student Life; Education / Educational Reform; Critical pedagogy; Political aspects; United States
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Description: Explores what the author calls the culture of fear that has arisen in the United States since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, focusing on how the situation is affecting youth, specifically through assaults on public schools, in Hollywood images, and with the commercialization of higher education.