Libraries, Classrooms, and the Interests of Democracy: Marking the Limits of Neoliberalism

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2012
Author
Author: John Buschman
Language
English
Number of Pages
237 pp.
Publisher
Scarecrow Press, Inc.
City
Lanham, MD
Region
United States
Library Type
School Libraries
Demographics
Children
Teenagers
Students
Chronological Period
1950-1999
21st century
ISBN
978-0-8108-8528-8
Annotation

Should we be bothered by library marketing and advertising in the classroom, and if so, why? : an introduction 

  • An historical view 1 : a précis on the entanglements of democracy, education, and libraries in America
  • An historical view 2 : a précis 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
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