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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815056303321

Autore

Schlesinger Andrea Batista

Titolo

The death of why? [[electronic resource] ] : the decline of questioning and the future of democracy / / Andrea Batista Schlesinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, : Berrett-Koehler, c2009

ISBN

1-282-30037-7

9786612300370

1-60509-138-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

0

Disciplina

306.43/20973

306.4320973

321.8

Soggetti

Youth - Political activity - United States

Civics - Study and teaching - United States

Political participation - United States

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

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.