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The death of why? : the decline of questioning and the future of democracy / Andrea Batista Schlesinger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schlesinger, Andrea Batista.
- Series:
- 0
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Youth--Political activity--United States.
- Youth.
- Civics--Study and teaching--United States.
- Civics.
- Political participation--United States.
- Political participation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Decline of questioning and the future of democracy
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- In this impassioned critique of America's growing disengagement from civic life and ideals, Drum Major Institute Executive Director Andrea Batista Schlesinger dissects the forcible erosion of our youngest generation's capacity for inquiry and provides recommendations for restoring the social, educational and political infrastructures that are prerequisites for a healthy democracy.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction: Questions and Power; Part I: Culture: Questions or Answers?; 1: Inquiry Is Risky, Resilience Is the Reward, and Other Lessons from Childhood; 2: Ideological Segregation by Click and by Clique; 3: Consuming Opinion; 4: In Google We Trust; Part II: Schools: Citizens or Consumers?; 5: The Three Rs and a Why; 6: No Piggy Bank Left Behind; 7: Questioning the System, or Beating It?; 8: The Marxist, Anti-American Conspiracy to Convert Young People to Engaged Citizenship; Part III: Politics: Engaged or Connected?; 9: Black and White and Dead All Over
- 10: Who's Afraid of Virginia Youth?11: Lights, Camera, Debate!; Conclusion: A Call for Slow Democracy; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612300370
- 9781282300378
- 1282300377
- 9781605091389
- 1605091383
- OCLC:
- 449521055
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