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Class Counts

Education, Inequality, and the Shrinking Middle Class

Allan Ornstein

Class counts. Class differences and class warfare have existed since the beginning of western civilization, but the gap in income and wealth between the rich (top 10 percent) and the rest has increased steadily in the last twenty-five years. The U.S. is heading for a financial oligarchy much worse than the aristocratic old world that our Founding Fathers feared and tried to avoid. The middle class is struggling and shrinking, the Medicare and Social Security trusts are drying up, and education is no longer the great equalizer. A moral society, one that is fair and just, sets limits on the accumulation of wealth and inherited privilege and also guarantees a safety net for the less fortunate. This book describes the need for a redistribution of wealth in order to make U.S. society more democratic, fair and just, and outlines the ways in which we can begin to make these very necessary changes. This is a timely and powerful book, one that should be read by anyone interested in preserving the social fabric of American life.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 304 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9½
978-0-7425-4741-4 • Hardback • March 2007 • $139.00 • (£107.00)
978-0-7425-4742-1 • Paperback • March 2007 • $53.00 • (£41.00)
978-0-7425-7372-7 • eBook • March 2007 • $50.00 • (£38.00)
Subjects: Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations, Social Science / Poverty & Homelessness, Social Science / Social Classes & Economic Disparity
Allan Ornstein is professor of education at St. John's University. He is a former Fulbright-Hayes Scholar and is the author of more than 400 articles and 50 books on education and social issues, including Foundations of Education, 9th ed; Education Administration: Concept and Practices, 4th ed., and Curriculum Foundations, Principles, and Issues.
Chapter 1 Historical Thoughts of Equality and Inequality
Chapter 2 1776 and Beyond: Elitist Versus Enlightened Thought
Chapter 3 Patrician Influence and Social/Educational Thought
Chapter 4 What Is Equality?
Chapter 5 Education and Mobility and the American Dream
Chapter 6 The Golden Years Are Over
Chapter 7 World Inequality
Chapter 8 Wishful Thinking: Recommendations and Solutions
useful for studies in inequality.
— Choice Reviews, March 2008


Class Counts makes a useful resource for lively and relevant discussions for doctoral level social justice or educational leadership and policy courses. It would effectively supplement an advanced educational foundations course....Educators and their students will find Class Counts helps them become more informed voters.
— Leslie S. Kaplan & William A. Owings; Teachers College Record


Class Counts

Education, Inequality, and the Shrinking Middle Class

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Hardback
Paperback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • Class counts. Class differences and class warfare have existed since the beginning of western civilization, but the gap in income and wealth between the rich (top 10 percent) and the rest has increased steadily in the last twenty-five years. The U.S. is heading for a financial oligarchy much worse than the aristocratic old world that our Founding Fathers feared and tried to avoid. The middle class is struggling and shrinking, the Medicare and Social Security trusts are drying up, and education is no longer the great equalizer. A moral society, one that is fair and just, sets limits on the accumulation of wealth and inherited privilege and also guarantees a safety net for the less fortunate. This book describes the need for a redistribution of wealth in order to make U.S. society more democratic, fair and just, and outlines the ways in which we can begin to make these very necessary changes. This is a timely and powerful book, one that should be read by anyone interested in preserving the social fabric of American life.
Details
Details
  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
    Pages: 304 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9½
    978-0-7425-4741-4 • Hardback • March 2007 • $139.00 • (£107.00)
    978-0-7425-4742-1 • Paperback • March 2007 • $53.00 • (£41.00)
    978-0-7425-7372-7 • eBook • March 2007 • $50.00 • (£38.00)
    Subjects: Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations, Social Science / Poverty & Homelessness, Social Science / Social Classes & Economic Disparity
Author
Author
  • Allan Ornstein is professor of education at St. John's University. He is a former Fulbright-Hayes Scholar and is the author of more than 400 articles and 50 books on education and social issues, including Foundations of Education, 9th ed; Education Administration: Concept and Practices, 4th ed., and Curriculum Foundations, Principles, and Issues.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1 Historical Thoughts of Equality and Inequality
    Chapter 2 1776 and Beyond: Elitist Versus Enlightened Thought
    Chapter 3 Patrician Influence and Social/Educational Thought
    Chapter 4 What Is Equality?
    Chapter 5 Education and Mobility and the American Dream
    Chapter 6 The Golden Years Are Over
    Chapter 7 World Inequality
    Chapter 8 Wishful Thinking: Recommendations and Solutions
Reviews
Reviews
  • useful for studies in inequality.
    — Choice Reviews, March 2008


    Class Counts makes a useful resource for lively and relevant discussions for doctoral level social justice or educational leadership and policy courses. It would effectively supplement an advanced educational foundations course....Educators and their students will find Class Counts helps them become more informed voters.
    — Leslie S. Kaplan & William A. Owings; Teachers College Record


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