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01951aam a2200361 a 4500 001 A4E1D8A86B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 120426s2012 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2012013077 020 $a 1137269715 (hardback) 020 $a 9781137269713 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)785864375 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d OCLCO $d CDX $d BWX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a LC191.4 W38 2012 100 1 $a Waters, Tony. 245 10 $a Schooling, childhood, and bureaucracy : $b bureaucratizing the child / $c Tony Waters. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2012. 300 $a xii, 255 p. : $b ill. ; $c 23 cm. 520 $a "This book is about how modern American childhood is shaped by the bureaucratic tools including mass testing, child psychology, and the status hiearchies. This happens in a world where there is an emotional attachment to children in which no child can be left behind, even as the bureaucracies pragmatically sort through individuals of differing abilities. The result is childhoods shaped to meet competing American ideals for individualism, egalitarianism, and utililitarianism. The result is a conservative bureaucratic dance which resembles a game of rochambo, as individualism is trumped by egalitarianism, utilitarianism by individualism, and utilitarianism by egalitarianism"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Education $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Public schools $z United States. 650 0 $a Education $x Aims and objectives $z United States. 650 0 $a Child development $z United States. 650 0 $a Bureaucracy $z United States. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826063203.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A4E1D8A86B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search