Conflict of Interests or The Enemy of Nature

Conflict of Interests: The Politics of American Education

Author: Joel Spring

Providing a critical understanding of the political and social forces shaping educational politics in the United States, this concise text describes and analyzes how policy is made for American schools and its effect on all of our lives and thinking. Joel Spring argues that the politics of Education is driven by a complex interrelationship between politicians, private foundations and think tanks, teachers’ unions, special-interest groups, educational politicians, school administrators, boards of education, courts, and the knowledge industry. The text uses many current examples to illustrate conflicts over educational policies.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
1	Educational Politicians and the Doctors of Spin	1
2	Sources of Conflict: Power and Knowledge	29
3	Sources of Conflict: The Economics of Education	53
4	Sources of Conflict: The Educational Establishment	71
5	Political Organization and Student Achievement	79
6	Reinvention of the School, Systemic Reform, and Federal Policies	91
7	State Politics of Education	111
8	Local Politics of Education	133
9	The Knowledge Industry	161
10	The Political Uses of the Courts	179
11	The Political Control of Education in a Free Society	195
	Index	203

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The Enemy of Nature: The End of Capitalism or the End of the World?

Author: Joel Kovel

Capitalism and its by-products -- imperialism, war, neoliberal globalization, racism, poverty and the destruction of community -- are all playing a part in the destruction of our ecosystem. Only now are we beginning to realize the depth of the crisis and the kind of transformation which will have to occur to ensure our survival. This second, thoroughly updated, edition of The Enemy of Nature speaks to this new environmental awareness. Joel Kovel argues against claims that we can achieve a better environment through the current Western "way of being". By suggesting a radical new way forward, an integration of "red" and "green" politics, Joel Kovel offers real hope and vision for a more sustainable future.