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The death of why? : the decline of questioning and the future of democracy
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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 y...
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.
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- Creator
- Andrea Batista Schlesinger
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- 1st ed
- San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler, c2009
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- 1 online resource (265 p.)
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- ISBNs
- 1282300377, 9786612300370, 1605091383, 1576755851
- OCLC
- ocn449521055, ocn776150702
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- 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