1st Edition

Political Correctness and Higher Education British and American Perspectives

By John Lea Copyright 2009
284 Pages
by Routledge

292 Pages
by Routledge

284 Pages
by Routledge

How many times have you heard the phrase: `it’s all political correctness gone mad!’ Do you ever wonder whether colleges and universities are really awash with trivial concerns about the use of language or whether they are actually trying to address serious concerns about discrimination and harassment? Have you ever wanted to get to the bottom of what all the fuss is about?... Read more

@contents:

Preface

Foreword: by Jonathan Zimmerman

Chapter One:

PC World:

Political Correctness and the Modern Zeitgeist

Chapter Two:

Loose Canons and Straw men of the Apocalypse:

The Conservative Campaign Against PC in the US

Chapter Three:

Look Right and Left before proceeding:

The political contours PC debate in the US

Chapter Four

Water buffaloes in Pennsylvania:

Closing Free Speech

Chapter Five

The End of Civilisation in California:

Illiberal Multiculturalism

Chapter Six

A Day at the Races in Michigan:

The Victims of Reverse Discrimination

Chapter 7

Talking about Political correctness: American conversations about political correctness and higher education

Chapter 8

Green sheep in London:

The Loony Left and British PC

Chapter 9

PC and the Panopticon Principle:

Quangos, Surveillance, and Scripted Communication in the Academy

Chapter 10

PC and the Attenuated Academy:

Social Engineering, widening participation, and professional allegiance

Chapter 11

Talking about political correctness: British conversations about political correctness and post-16 education

 

Chapter 12

Conclusion:

PC as Oxymoron

Bibliography

 

Biography

John Lea