Border Crossings: Cultural Workers and the Politics of Education

The struggle over the academic canon, the politics of racial justice, the educational role of the wider culture, and the assault on higher education by right-wing conservatives - these and more, explains Henry A. Giroux, are the most pressing issues facing critical educators today. In this new edition of a classic text, Giroux reflects on the limits and possibilities of border crossings in the twenty-first century - from the increased militarization of public spaces, the rise of neoliberalism, the war in Iraq, and the Abu Ghraib prison scandal - and the vital role they must play in any debate on education and pedagogy. Book jacket.

Henry A. Giroux holds the Global Television Network Chair in English and Communication at McMaster University, Canada