Racism and education in the U.K. and the U.S.
Subtitle: towards a socialist alternative
By: Mike Cole
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Marxism and education; Marxism and education
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780230103795; 9780230103801
Subjects: History; Socialism and education; Racism; Discrimination in education
Description: "Racism blights both the UK and the US, but there is much misunderstanding as to what racism actually encompasses. Through a thorough account of its history and current forms on both sides of the Atlantic and its relationship to schooling, Marxist and neo-Marxist analysis is used to both understand it and to move towards its eradication. Developments towards twenty-first century socialism in Venezuela are used as a model for a future world, and suggestions are made for classroom practice against racism and for socialism. Both socialism as a concept and events in Venezuela have been subject to massive media distortion. This book sets out to put the record straight"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Socialism, Marxism, and Neo-Marxism; title: ch. 2 Racism in the U.K.; title: ch. 3 Racism in the U.S.; title: ch. 4 Racism, Schooling, and Education Against Racism in the U.K. and the U.S.; title: ch. 5 Twenty-First-Century Socialism and Education in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; title: ch. 6 Implications for Multicultural Antiracist Socialist Practice in Educational Institutions.