The Burdens of Aspiration : : Schools, Youth, and Success in the Divided Social Worlds of Silicon Valley /

The Burdens of Aspiration : : Schools, Youth, and Success in the Divided Social Worlds of Silicon Valley / / Elsa Davidson.

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During the tech boom, Silicon Valley became one of the most concentrated zones of wealth polarization and social inequality in the United States-a place with a fast-disappearing middle class, persistent pockets of poverty, and striking gaps in educational and occupational achievement along class and...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Davidson, Elsa,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • I. Introduction
  • 1. Phantoms of Success
  • II. Aspirations of Youth in Silicon Valley
  • 2. Managing “At-Risk” Selves and “Giving Back”
  • 3. Marketing the Self
  • III. The Politics of Social Reproduction in Silicon Valley
  • 4. “Every Youth a Start-up”
  • 5. A Fear of Slipping
  • IV. Conclusion
  • 6. A Flexible Politics of Citizenship
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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