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Routledge Political Correctness and Higher Education: British and American Perspectives

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How many times have you heard the phrase: `it’s all political correctness gone mad!’ Do you ever wonder whether colleges and universities are really awash with trivial concerns about the use of language or whether they are actually trying to address serious concerns about discrimination and harassment? Have you ever wanted to get to the bottom of what all the fuss is about? This book is the first major study of political correctness in post compulsory education to be published in the UK. For readers in the UK unfamiliar with the nature of the controversies in US college campuses this book offers a comprehensive assessment of the key themes, including who and what was behind key campaigns. For readers in the US unfamiliar with how this cultural export has faired in the UK this book looks at the significant similarities and differences in the ways that the phrase has been used in both societies. Apart from addressing the roots of political correctness the book seeks to show how the phrase has helped to complicate the traditional boundaries between those on the political Left and those on the political Right. The book also demonstrates in clear terms how the phrase is integral to understanding key themes in cultural theory, such as postmodernism and identity politics. This book is intended to be of interest to a number of readers: Teachers working in colleges and universities; Teacher educators and student teachers working on programmes of initial teacher education; Students studying undergraduate programmes in comparative politics and/or sociology and cultural studies Finally, the book will seek to capture the reflections of prominent academics and educationalists bon both sides of the Atlantic, who have worked in environments where the phrase has impinged on aspects of their work over the last twenty five years. If you think that `political correctness’ simply amounts to what jokes you are allowed to tell in a classroom, hopefully this book will challenge you to think again. Review `This is a terrific book and written with great clarity on a far from straight- forward subject.... It provides a forensic analysis of the convoluted and confused debates around political correctness in the USA and their implications for the UK. However the significance of the book is much wider. The author uses his analysis to show how the issues around political correctness go to the heart of debates about the purposes of education and how they are always both political and epistemological. I cannot think of anyone who is involved in or who cares about education who would not benefit from reading this book.' -- -- Michael Young, Professor of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, and at the University of Bath, and author of `Bringing Knowledge Back In' (Routledge 2007).

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Brand: Routledge
Format: Hardcover
ASIN: 0415962587
Category: Books > Subjects > Science, Nature & Maths > Engineering & Technology > Education > Higher Education
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 01 November 2008
Listed Since: 25 January 2008

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