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Living on the edge : re-thinking poverty, class, and schooling / John Smyth and Terry Wrigley.

Author/creator Smyth, John, 1944-
Format Book and Print
Publication Info New York : Peter Lang, [2013]
Descriptionxii, 239 pages ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Adolescent cultures, school and society ; v. 61
Adolescent cultures, school & society ; v. 61. ^A474523
Contents Making sense of class -- Understanding poverty in the twenty-first century -- Material poverty and 'problem' neighborhoods -- Blaming individuals and blaming their genes -- Speaking the wrong language -- Aspirations and 'cultures of poverty' -- Neoliberal school reform: blaming teachers, blaming schools -- Improving schools for transforming them: the politics of social justice -- Poor kids need rich teaching.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 209-228) and index.
LCCN 2013012584
ISBN9781433116537 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN1433116537 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9781433116858 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1433116855 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1453911375 (e-book)
ISBN9781453911372 (e-book)

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Joyner General Stacks LC191 .S637 2013 ✔ Available Place Hold