{"product_id":"lost-boys-alex-blower-9781447370246","title":"Lost Boys: How Education Is Failing Young Working-Class Men","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the mid-2000s, consistent commentary from politicians and media outlets in the UK have presented low educational attainment and low aspiration as defining attributes of working-class boys in education. It has often characterised them as misogynistic, aggressive and unwilling to learn. But how true is this? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Combining research, real-life case studies and the author's experience of navigating school exclusion, this book provides clear recommendations for how to better support the health, wellbeing and vulnerabilities of working-class boys and men through both policy and practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Challenging us to reconsider ideas about the role of masculinity in the lives of working-class boys and men, the book asks what would change if, instead of focusing on perceived individual failures, we considered the troubled relationship between working-class boys and the social and educational systems in which they reside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alex Blower\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1447370244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781447370246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Policy Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Alex Blower","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47136444547327,"sku":"9781447370246","price":119.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7a9e1e9c-7458-4e88-a94e-b86e9358c715.jpg?v=1755023362","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lost-boys-alex-blower-9781447370246","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}