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Education as Enforcement: The Militarization and Corporatization of Schools

Kenneth J. Saltman, David A. Gabbard - 2010 - Education - No preview available
The first volume to focus on the intersections of militarization, corporations, and education, Education as Enforcement exposed the many ways schooling has become the means through which the expansion of global corporate power are enforced. Since ...

Cities and Race: America's New Black Ghetto

David Wilson - 2007 - Science - Limited preview
This fascinating book examines the 1990s rise of a new black ghetto in rust belt America, 'the global ghetto'. It uses the emergent perspective of 'racial economy' to delineate a fundamental proposition; historically neglected and marginalized ...

Protest - Analysing Current Trends

Matthew Johnson, Samid Suliman - 2016 - Political Science - Limited preview
The politics of the twenty-first century is marked by dissent, tumult and calls for radical change, whether through food riots, anti-war protests, anti-government tirades, anti-blasphemy marches, anti-austerity demonstrations, anti-authoritarian ...

Educating for Peace in a Time of Permanent War: Are Schools Part of the ...

Paul R. Carr, Brad J. Porfilio - 2012 - Education - Limited preview
What is the meaning of peace, why should we study it, and how should we achieve it? Although there are an increasing number of manuscripts, curricula and initiatives that grapple with some strand of peace education, there is, nonetheless, a ...

Imperial Delusions: American Militarism and Endless War

Carl Boggs - 2005 - History - Limited preview
In this hard-hitting critique, Carl Boggs argues that the United States is dominated by a new militarism, one that has become more potent and menacing since 9/11. He skillfully explores the origins and development of this new militarism and show ...

Games of Empire: Global Capitalism and Video Games

Nick Dyer-Witheford, Greig De Peuter - 2009 - Capitalism - Limited preview
Introduction : Games in the age of empire -- Game engine : labor, capital, machine -- Immaterial labor : a workers' history of videogaming -- Cognitive capitalism : electronic arts -- Machinic subjects : the XBOX and its rivals -- Gameplay ...

Military Recruiting in the United States

Pat Elder - 2016 - No preview available
Military Recruiting in the United States provides a fearless and penetrating description of the deceptive practices of the U.S. military as it recruits American youth into the armed forces. Long-time antiwar activist Pat Elder exposes the ...

Counter-Recruitment and the Campaign to Demilitarize Public Schools

Scott Harding, Seth Kershner - 2016 - Education - Limited preview
This book describes the various tactics used in counter-recruitment, drawing from the words of activists and case studies of successful organizing and advocacy. The United States is one of the only developed countries to allow a military presence ...

Army of None: Strategies to Counter Military Recruitment, End War, and Build ...

Aimee Allison, David Solnit - 2011 - Political Science - Limited preview
Uniformed U.S. Army Officers lunch with students in elementary school cafeterias. Army training programs including rifle and pistol instruction replace physical education in middle schools. Like never before, military recruiters are entering the ...

Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula

Laleh Khalili - 2021 - Political Science - Limited preview
How shipping is central to the very fabric of global capitalism In our networked world, the realities governing the international movement of freight are easily forgotten. But maritime transport remains the bedrock of trade. Convoys perpetually ...