Punishing Schools: Fear and Citizenship in American Public Education (Law, Meaning & Violence)

by WilliamLyons (Author), JulieDrew (Author)

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  Paperback
  2006

  $32.82

  Presents an argument that the educational system is the subject of legislative punishment and the instrument of punishment for children. This book analyzes the connections between a culture of economic punishment of schools and the imposition of punitive controls as a vicious cycle that creates fear and develops passive and dependent citizens.