LEADER 03226nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910815056303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-30037-7 010 $a9786612300370 010 $a1-60509-138-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000816381 035 $a(EBL)479233 035 $a(OCoLC)449521055 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000293507 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11222921 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000293507 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10302518 035 $a(PQKB)10891291 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL479233 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10331463 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL230037 035 $a(CaSebORM)9781605091389 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC479233 035 $a(PPN)187311277 035 $a(OCoLC)776150702 035 $a(OCoLC)ocn776150702 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000816381 100 $a20090316d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe death of why? $ethe decline of questioning and the future of democracy /$fAndrea Batista Schlesinger 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSan Francisco $cBerrett-Koehler$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (265 p.) 225 1 $a0 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57675-585-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $a10: 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 330 $aIn this impassioned critique of America's growing disengagement from civic life and ideals, Drum Major Institute Executive Director Andrea Batista Schlesinger dissects the forcible erosion of our youngest generation's capacity for inquiry and provides recommendations for restoring the social, educational and political infrastructures that are prerequisites for a healthy democracy. 410 0$a0 606 $aYouth$xPolitical activity$zUnited States 606 $aCivics$xStudy and teaching$zUnited States 606 $aPolitical participation$zUnited States 615 0$aYouth$xPolitical activity 615 0$aCivics$xStudy and teaching 615 0$aPolitical participation 676 $a306.43/20973 676 $a306.4320973 676 $a321.8 700 $aSchlesinger$b Andrea Batista$01636309 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815056303321 996 $aThe death of why$93977511 997 $aUNINA