Lawrence Baines

Privatization of America¿s Public Institutions

The Story of the American Sellout

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Privatization of America's Public Institutions describes the transformation of the military, K-12 public schools, public universities and colleges, and prisons into enterprises focused on generating profits for a select few. In many cases, privatization has limited accessibility, promoted segregation, fueled declining standards, increased costs, and reduced quality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 316432
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 150mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 276g
• ISBN-13: 9781433164323
• ISBN-10: 1433164329
• Artikelnr.: 56933117

Autorenporträt

Lawrence Baines (Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin) is a professor at the University of Oklahoma. Baines has held endowed chairs at two institutions of higher education and is the author or co-author of eleven books.

Inhaltsangabe

Figures - Tables - Acknowledgments - Introduction: Public or Private? - Privatizing the Military: Profiting from the Carnage of War - Privatizing Corrections: Making Money from Misery - Privatizing K-12 Public Education: How the Profit Motive Is Changing Schools - Privatizing Public Higher Education: Selling Off the Alma Mater - American Sellout - Index.

Rezensionen

"The privatization of our military, our K-12 schools, and our prisons has been going on at least since the presidency of Ronald Reagan. But how far have we gone with this privatization, and at what cost-in dollars, in measures of efficiency, and in our moral sense of ourselves? Lawrence Baines explores these questions in this excellent, organized, and impassioned book-a valuable, insightful read." Steven P. Jones, Professor of Educational Foundations, Missouri State University; author of Blame Teachers: The Emotional Reasons for Educational Reform