John Lea

Political Correctness and Higher Education

British and American Perspectives

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780415962582
• ISBN-10: 0415962587
• Artikelnr.: 23800372

Autorenporträt

John Lea

Inhaltsangabe

@contents:
Preface
Foreword: by Jonathan Zimmerman
Chapter One:
PC World:
Political Correctness and the Modern Zeitgeist
Chapter Two:
Loose Canons and Straw men of the Apocalypse:
The Conservative Campaign Against PC in the US
Chapter Three:
Look Right and Left before proceeding:
The political contours PC debate in the US
Chapter Four
Water buffaloes in Pennsylvania:
Closing Free Speech
Chapter Five
The End of Civilisation in California:
Illiberal Multiculturalism
Chapter Six
A Day at the Races in Michigan:
The Victims of Reverse Discrimination
Chapter 7
Talking about Political correctness: American conversations about political
correctness and higher education
Chapter 8
Green sheep in London:
The Loony Left and British PC
Chapter 9
PC and the Panopticon Principle:
Quangos, Surveillance, and Scripted Communication in the Academy
Chapter 10
PC and the Attenuated Academy:
Social Engineering, widening participation, and professional allegiance
Chapter 11
Talking about political correctness: British conversations about political
correctness and post-16 education
Chapter 12
Conclusion:
PC as Oxymoron
Bibliography