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.
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.
@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
@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
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