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Prisoner education debates in Congress [[electronic resource] ] : elite discourse and policymaking / / Mark Tim Yates



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Autore: Yates Mark Tim <1969-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Prisoner education debates in Congress [[electronic resource] ] : elite discourse and policymaking / / Mark Tim Yates Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., c2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (205 p.)
Disciplina: 365/.6660973
Soggetto topico: Prisoners - Education - 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: Introduction -- Prison system in perspective -- Prisoner education -- Research lens -- The pell grant debates -- The second chance act debates -- Insights and implications -- References -- Index.
Sommario/riassunto: Yates examines the role of congressional debates in generating support for current prisoner education policy. He explores the 1994 Crime Bill and 2008 Second Chance Act debate transcripts to discover political stakeholders' attempts to influence and maintain social policy through the creation of legitimizing myths. These include the idea that prisoners are hopelessly flawed or that they have potential only as human capital in the marketplace. Education, when available, is often limited, narrow, and vocational. Counter-hegemonic discourse is also described as well as alternative educational pat
Titolo autorizzato: Prisoner education debates in Congress  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-59332-529-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910462267603321
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Serie: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)