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| Autor/in | Demers, David |
|---|---|
| Titel | Adventures of a Quixotic professor. How one man's lifelong passion for social justice bristles bureaucracies and sparks a landmark free speech ruling. |
| Quelle | Phoenix, Arizona: Marquette Books LLC (2021), XXIV, 434 S. |
| Beigaben | Literaturangaben |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
| ISBN | 9781732719798 (gebundene Ausgabe) |
| Schlagwörter | Biografie; USA; Teaching, Freedom of; United States; Freedom of speech; Bullying in the workplace; Social justice; Study and teaching; Erziehung |
| Abstract | "Journalist-turned-media sociology professor David Demers grew up on a steady diet of social justice. His Lutheran elementary school teachers and college professors taught him the importance of democratic processes, speaking out against injustice, free speech, and the public's "right" to know. But when he creates a controversial plan to improve his academic unit, helps students publish some controversial stories, and writes some articles critical of powerful institutions, his organizations reprimand or try to fire him, and his journalism colleagues refuse to defend free speech rights. He is not alone. More than one million professors and K-12 faculty have been fired or reprimanded for things they've said on the job. Two-thirds of journalists also say they self-censor stories about their organizations because they fear the wrath of editors or publishers. Many targets of "workplace mobbing" quit their jobs and spend years in therapy. A few commit suicide. Some, like Demers, fight back with free speech lawsuits. Most lose. Demers wins, but the victories are bittersweet. If university administrators, journalism faculty and journalists fail to defend basic freedoms, he asks, how can society expect other organizations and citizens to defend them? Adventures of a Quixotic Professor will make you laugh, cry and scream for justice as it chronicles the personal costs and social and historical conditions of one man's lifelong fight for social justice - a journey that culminates in a federal appeals court decision [Demers v. Austin (Washington State University)], which, for the first time in history, extends constitutional protection to teachers for on-the-job speech outside of the classroom. Issues covered in this book: Demers v. Austin, workplace mobbing, bureaucratic bandwagon effect, anti-Enlightenment trends, adverse effect of bureaucracies on democratic processes, political impotence of social scientific research; and 40 tips for navigating bureaucratic politics"--Provided by publisher. |
| Erfasst von | Library of Congress, Washington, DC |
| Update | 2021/4/12 |
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