Teaching Economic Inequality and Capitalism in Contemporary America
This book discusses pedagogical solutions that enable students to see how capitalist processes and economic inequalities intersect and shape our assumptions and behaviours. The contributors provide thoughtful reflections on the struggles and opportunities
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Teaching Economic Inequality and Capitalism in Contemporary America
Teaching Economic Inequality and Capitalism in Contemporary America
Kristin Haltinner Leontina Hormel •
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Teaching Economic Inequality and Capitalism in Contemporary America
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Editors Kristin Haltinner Department of Sociology University of Idaho Moscow, ID USA
Leontina Hormel Department of Sociology University of Idaho Moscow, ID USA
ISBN 978-3-319-71140-9 ISBN 978-3-319-71141-6 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71141-6
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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walda Katz-Fishman Part I
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Making the Personal Political: The Stories of Capitalism
‘Teaching Naked’ in Late Capitalism: Instructors’ Personal Narratives and Classroom Self-disclosure as Pedagogical Tools . . . . . . . Danielle Docka-Filipek Untold Stories: Bringing Class into the Classroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adj Marshall and Betsy Leondar-Wright
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‘Self-made’ Success on the Private Dole: An Illustration of the Reproduction of Capitals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roxanne Gerbrandt and Ann Strahm
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Financial Stumbles, Consumer Bankruptcy, and the Sociological Imagination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deborah Thorne
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Part II
Making Marxist Theory Real
Capitalism 101: Teaching First-Year Students How to View the Social World Through the Lens of Marxis
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