TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cole,Mike
TI  - Racism and education in the U.K. and the U.S.: towards a socialist alternative 
T2  - Marxism and education
SN  - 9780230103801 (pbk.) :
AV  - LC212.3.G7 C65 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Discrimination in education
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - United States
KW  - Racism
KW  - Socialism and education
KW  - Venezuela
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Socialism, Marxism, and Neo-Marxism -- ch. 2 Racism in the U.K. -- ch. 3 Racism in the U.S. -- ch. 4 Racism, Schooling, and Education Against Racism in the U.K. and the U.S. -- ch. 5 Twenty-First-Century Socialism and Education in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela -- ch. 6 Implications for Multicultural Antiracist Socialist Practice in Educational Institutions
N2  - "Racism blights both the UK and the US, but there is much misunderstanding as to what racism actually encompasses. Through a thorough account of its history and current forms on both sides of the Atlantic and its relationship to schooling, Marxist and neo-Marxist analysis is used to both understand it and to move towards its eradication. Developments towards twenty-first century socialism in Venezuela are used as a model for a future world, and suggestions are made for classroom practice against racism and for socialism. Both socialism as a concept and events in Venezuela have been subject to massive media distortion. This book sets out to put the record straight"--
ER  -