Abstract

Dynamics is a book about social justice in a world where the traditional, modern, and global exist simultaneously and side by side by side. The authors represent that world from rural points of view in which the intersectionality of social class, race, and place is inescapable, active, and complex. The editors frame the arguments to identify institutional and cultural barriers that thwart rural citizens possibilities to organize their lives as they wish, to choose their own ends, and to realize them as they think best (Mouffe, 1996, p. 20). At the center of that frame is schooling or the States schools, as the editors put it, in neoliberal times. From a variety of angles and with different levels of conviction, all contributors question the compatibility of neoliberal values and social justice in rural places.

How to Cite:

Shannon, P., Cowen, J., Toma, E. & Troske, S., (2015) “Book Review of Dynamics of Social Class, Race, and Place in Rural Education”, Journal of Research in Rural Education 30(8), 1–3.

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