Racism and education : coincidence or conspiracy? /

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Author / Creator:Gillborn, David.
Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
Description:xvi, 255 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7136662
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ISBN:9780415418973 (hardback)
0415418976 (hardback)
9780415418980 (pbk.)
0415418984 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-249) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of exhibits
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Critical Race Theory: a new approach to an old problem
  • 3. Inequality, inequality, inequality: the material reality of racial injustice in education
  • 4. Policy: changing language, constant inequality
  • 5. Assessment: measuring injustice or creating it?
  • 6. The Stephen Lawrence case: an exception that proves the rule?
  • 7. Model minorities: the creation and significance of 'ethnic' success stories
  • 8. WhiteWorld: Whiteness and the performance of racial domination
  • 9. Conclusion: understanding race inequality in education
  • Appendix. Notes from the author: some thoughts on Whiteness, critical scholarship and political struggle
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index