This book argues that with the rise of market fundamentalism and
the ensuing economic and financial crisis, youth are facing a
crisis unlike that of any other generation. With the collapse of
the welfare state, youth are no longer seen as a social investment
but as troubling and, in some cases, disposable, especially poor
minority youth. Caught between the discourses of consumerism and a
powerful crime-control-complex, young people are increasingly
either viewed as commodities or are subjected to the dictates of an
ever expanding criminal justice system.
Constructing a new analytic of youth, Giroux explores the
current conditions of young people and their everyday experiences
within this emerging crime complex, a politics of disposability,
and the ever present market-driven forces of commercialization and
commodification. Drawing upon the work of theorists such as Zygmunt
Bauman, Judith Butler, Agamben, Foucault, and others as a
theoretical foundation for addressing the growth of a rigid market
fundamentalism and a punishing state, Giroux explores both the
increasing militarization and commercialization of schools and
other public spheres, and what can happen to a society in which
young people are increasingly portrayed as dangerous and, hence, no
longer appear to be a referent for a democratic future. But Giroux
does more than examine the implications this new war on youth has
for American society, he also analyses the role that educators,
parents, intellectuals, and others can play in both challenging the
plight of young people deepening and extending the promise of a
better future and a sustainable and viable democracy.http:
//www.henryagiroux.com/
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