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Political correctness and higher education [electronic resource] : British and American perspectives / John Lea ; foreword by Jonathan Zimmerman.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Lea, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2009.
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Political aspects > Great Britain.
Education, Higher > Political aspects > United States.
Academic freedom > Great Britain.
Academic freedom > United States.
Political correctness > Great Britain.
Political correctness > United States.
Academic freedom.
Education, Higher > Political aspects.
Political correctness.
Great Britain.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • PC world: political correctness and the modern zeitgeist
  • Loose canons and straw men of the apocalypse: the conservative campaign against PC in the US
  • Look right and left before proceeding: the political contours PC debate in the US
  • Water buffaloes in Pennsylvania: closing free speech
  • The end of civilization in California: illiberal multiculturalism
  • A day at the races in Michigan: the victims of reverse discrimination
  • Talking about political correctness: American conversations about political correctness and higher education
  • Green sheep in London: the loony left and British PC
  • PC and the panopticon principle: quangos, surveillance, and scripted communication in the academy
  • PC and the attenuated academy: social engineering, widening participation, and professional allegiance
  • Talking about political correctness: British conversations about political correctness and post-16 education
  • Conclusion: PC as oxymoron.

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