Libraries, classrooms, and the interests of democracy
Subtitle: marking the limits of neoliberalism
By: John Buschman
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780810885288; 9780810885295
Subjects: Democracy and education; Philosophy; Library science; Libraries and society; Neoliberalism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Should we be bothered by library marketing and advertising in the classroom, and if so, why? : an introduction; title: An historical view I : a précis on the entanglements of democracy, education, and libraries in America; title: An historical view II : a précis on advertising in schools, marketing in libraries, and the appeal of neoliberalism; title: From theoretical to empirical critiques of advertising : have they deepened understanding of democracy and our educative institutions?; title: Tocqueville and the centrifugal/centripetal forces within America : why (and how much) our practices in libraries and classrooms matter; title: A practical communitarianism : educative institutions, social bonds, and neoliberalism's incursions; title: Deliberative democratic theory's deeper critique : the profound effects of neoliberalism's grammar in educative institutions; title: Looking ahead at neoliberalism's trajectory : the continuing interests of democracy and educative institutions : a conclusion.