{"product_id":"longing-for-justice-jennifer-s-simpson-9780802099785","title":"Longing for Justice: Higher Education and Democracy's Agenda","description":"\u003cp\u003eA timely and persuasive argument for Higher Education's obligations to our democratic society, \u003cem\u003eLonging for Justice\u003c\/em\u003e combines personal narrative with critical analysis to make the case for educational practices that connect to questions of democracy, justice, and the common good. Jennifer S. Simpson begins with three questions. First, what is the nature of the social contract that universities have with public life? Second, how might this social contract shape undergraduate education? And third, how do specific approaches to knowledge and undergraduate education inform how students understand society?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a bold challenge to conventional wisdom about Higher Education, Simpson argues that today's neoliberal educational norms foreground abstract concepts and leave the complications of real life, especially the intricacies of power, unexamined. Analysing modern teaching techniques, including service learning and civic engagement, Simpson concludes that for Higher Education to serve democracy it must strengthen students' abilities to critically analyse social issues, recognize and challenge social inequities, and pursue justice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer S. Simpson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802099785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802099785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.35h x 5.99w x 0.91d","brand":"Jennifer S. Simpson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48621790167295,"sku":"9780802099785","price":86.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/longing-for-justice-jennifer-s-simpson-9780802099785","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}