Libraries, Classrooms, and the Interests of Democracy: Marking the Limits of Neoliberalism

By John Buschman

In this volume, Buschman provides a history of marketing and advertising and their entanglements with democracy, education, and libraries. He then engages Democratic Theory and the framework it provides to critique neoliberalism's influences. A final chapter traces the trajectory of neoliberalism and educative institutions on our democracy. Throughout, the book makes clear that issues concerning public educative institutions in a democracy are political. A provocative and engaging book, Libraries, Classrooms, and the Interests of Democracy should be required reading for anyone interested in the challenges facing libraries today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081088528X
• ISBN13: 9780810885288
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher