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Author:

Buschman, John.

Title:

Libraries, classrooms, and the interests of democracy : marking the limits of neoliberalism / John Buschman.

Publisher:

Scarecrow PressInc.,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

viii, 239 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Libraries and society.
Library science--Philosophy.
SUNY series, democracy and education.
Neoliberalism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Should we be bothered by library marketing and advertising in the classroom, and if so, why? : an introduction -- An historical view I : a pr©♭cis on the entanglements of democracy, education, and libraries in America -- An historical view II : a pr©♭cis on advertising in schools, marketing in libraries, and the appeal of neoliberalism -- From theoretical to empirical critiques of advertising : have they deepened understanding of democracy and our educative institutions? -- Tocqueville and the centrifugal/centripetal forces within America : why (and how much) our practices in libraries and classrooms matter -- A practical communitarianism : educative institutions, social bonds, and neoliberalism's incursions -- Deliberative democratic theory's deeper critique : the profound effects of neoliberalism's grammar in educative institutions -- Looking ahead at neoliberalism's trajectory : the continuing interests of democracy and educative institutions : a conclusion.

ISBN:

081088528X (pbk.)
9780810885288 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)783155032

LCCN:

2012010128

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)