The death of why? [[electronic resource] ] : the decline of questioning and the future of democracy / / Andrea Batista Schlesinger
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Schlesinger Andrea Batista
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| Titolo: |
The death of why? [[electronic resource] ] : the decline of questioning and the future of democracy / / Andrea Batista Schlesinger
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| Pubblicazione: | San Francisco, : Berrett-Koehler, c2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.43/20973 |
| 306.4320973 | |
| 321.8 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Youth - Political activity - United States |
| Civics - Study and teaching - United States | |
| Political participation - United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The death of why |
| ISBN: | 1-282-30037-7 |
| 9786612300370 | |
| 1-60509-138-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910455208603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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