{"product_id":"the-road-to-whatever-elliott-currie-9780805080001","title":"The Road to Whatever: Middle-Class Culture and the Crisis of Adolescence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn energetic, provocative, and much-needed investigation of the root causes of the epidemic of drug abuse, violence, and despair among middle-class American teenagers (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this groundbreaking book, acclaimed sociologist and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elliott Currie draws on years of interviews to offer a profound investigation of what has gone wrong for so many mainstream American adolescents. Rejecting such predictable answers as TV violence, permissiveness, and inherent evil, Currie links this crisis to a pervasive culture of exclusion fostered by a society in which medications trump guidance and a punitive zero tolerance approach to adolescent misbehavior has become the norm. Broadening his inquiry, he dissects the changes in middle-class life that stratify the world into winners and losers, imposing an extraordinarily harsh culture--and not just on kids.\u003cbr\u003e Vivid, compelling, and deeply empathetic, \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Whatever\u003c\/i\u003e is a stark indictment of a society that has lost the will--or the capacity--to care.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elliott Currie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0805080007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805080001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/27\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2005 pg. 1","brand":"Elliott Currie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947226726655,"sku":"9780805080001","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_34cbdf2c-d32f-448c-a0ed-27620ee6263f.jpg?v=1681517474","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-road-to-whatever-elliott-currie-9780805080001","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}