Robbins, Christopher G.

Expelling hope : the assualt on youth and the militarization of schooling / Christopher G. Robbins. - Albany : SUNY Press, c2008. - x, 218 p. ; 24 cm. - SUNY series, interruptions--border testimony(ies) and critical discourse/s .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-209) and index.

Introduction: Expelling hope : zero tolerance and the attack on youth, public schooling, and democracy -- The problems of zero tolerance and the problem for democracy : a critical analysis -- Suspending citizenship : the social contract, the hidden curriculum, and the not-so-hidden curriculum of zero tolerance -- Occupying education : zero tolerance and the militarization of schooling -- Zero tolerance in the color-blind era, or how the consumer society wastes and disposes of people of color -- Against zero tolerance : the struggle for the democratic legacy of public schooling and the promise of democracy -- Appendix. Studies about or related to zero tolerance.

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Education--Political aspects--United States.
Critical pedagogy--United States.
Democracy--United States.

LC89 / .R63 2008

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