1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459786303321

Autore

Lipman Pauline <1944-, >

Titolo

The new political economy of urban education : neoliberalism, race, and the right to the city / / Pauline Lipman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-10351-6

9786613103512

1-136-76000-8

0-203-82180-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

The critical social thought series

Disciplina

370.9173/2

Soggetti

Education, Urban - United States

Multicultural education - Curricula - United States

Education - Curricula - United States

Cultural pluralism - United States

Toleration - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

THE NEW POLITICAL ECONOMY OF URBAN EDUCATION; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Series Editor Introduction; 1 Introduction; 2 Neoliberal Urbanism and Education Policy; 3 Dismantling Public Schools, Displacing African Americans and Latino/as; 4 Racial Politics of Mixed-Income Schools and Housing: Moralizing Poverty, Building the Neoliberal City; 5 Venture Philanthropy: From Government to Governance with Cristen Jenkins; 6 Choice and Empowerment: The Cultural Politics of Charter Schools; 7 Education and the Right to the City: Another World is Possible and Necessary; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Urban education and its contexts have changed in powerful ways. Old paradigms are being eclipsed by global forces of privatization and markets and new articulations of race, class, and urban space. These factors and more set the stage for Pauline Lipman's insightful analysis of the relationship between education policy and the neoliberal



economic, political, and ideological processes that are reshaping cities in the United States and around the globe.Using Chicago as a case study of the interconnectedness of neoliberal urban policies on housing, economic development, race, and

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782923503321

Titolo

Setting priorities for large research facility projects supported by the National Science Foundation [[electronic resource] ] : Committee on Setting Priorities for NSF-Sponsored Large Research Facility Projects ; Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, Policy and Global Affairs Division ; Board on Physics and Astronomy, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ; The National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2004

ISBN

0-309-18213-1

1-280-20915-1

9786610209156

0-309-53982-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Disciplina

001.4/0973

Soggetti

Research institutes - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Contains bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Description of National Science Foundation's current process -- Concerns about National Science Foundation's current priority-setting process -- Recommendations -- Implementing the recommendations -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendixes.  A. Committee and professional staff biographical information -- B. Charge to the committee and origins of the study -- C. Histories of projects funded by NSF -- D. Approval processes in other agencies and other countries -- E. Examples of criteria used to prioritize or select research projects -- F. NSF background materials -- G. Executive summary of COSEPUP report "Major award decisionmaking at the National Science Foundation."