Political Correctness and Higher Education : British and American Perspectives (Hardcover)

@contents: Preface Foreword: by Jonathan Zimmerman Chapter One: PC World: Political Correctness and the Modern Zeitgeist Chapter Two: Loose Canons and Straw men of the Apocalypse: The Conservative Campaign Against PC in the US Chapter Three: Look Right and Left before proceeding: The political contours PC debate in the US Chapter Four Water buffaloes in Pennsylvania: Closing Free Speech Chapter Five The End of Civilisation in California: Illiberal Multiculturalism Chapter Six A Day at the Races in Michigan: The Victims of Reverse Discrimination Chapter 7 Talking about Political correctness: American conversations about political correctness and higher education Chapter 8 Green sheep in London: The Loony Left and British PC Chapter 9 PC and the Panopticon Principle: Quangos, Surveillance, and Scripted Communication in the Academy Chapter 10 PC and the Attenuated Academy: Social Engineering, widening participation, and professional allegiance Chapter 11 Talking about political correctness: British conversations about political correctness and post-16 education Chapter 12 Conclusion: PC as Oxymoron Bibliography