{"title":"Sally Wesley Bonet","description":"\u003cp\u003eSally Wesley Bonet offers insightful works that explore themes within \u003cem\u003eeducation\u003c\/em\u003e and citizenship. Her writing delves into the complexities of societal identity and the meaning behind civic participation, inviting readers to reflect on their own engagement with community and nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a thoughtful and analytical approach, Bonet's books challenge conventional ideas and encourage deeper understanding in the field of \u003cstrong\u003eeducation and reference\u003c\/strong\u003e. Her work is well-suited to those interested in the intersection of social theory and practical citizenship.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"meaningless-citizenship-by-sally-wesley-bonet-9781517911126","title":"Meaningless Citizenship","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA searing critique of the \"freedom\" that America offers to the victims of its imperialist machinations of war and occupation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMeaningless Citizenship\u003c\/em\u003e traces the costs of America's long-term military involvement around the world by following the forced displacement of Iraqi families, unveiling how Iraqis are doubly displaced: first by the machinery of American imperialism in their native countries and then through a more pernicious war occurring on U.S. soil—the dismantling of the welfare state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRevealing the everyday struggles and barriers that texture the lives of Iraqi families recently resettled to the United States, Sally Wesley Bonet draws from four years of deep involvement in the refugee community of Philadelphia. An education scholar, Bonet's analysis moves beyond the prevalent tendency to collapse schooling into education. Focusing beyond the public school to other critical institutions, such as public assistance, resettlement programs, and healthcare, she shows how encounters with institutions of the state are an inherently educative process for both refugee youths and adults, teaching about the types of citizenship they are expected to enact and embody while simultaneously shaping them into labouring subjects in service of capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn intimate, in-depth ethnography, \u003cem\u003eMeaningless Citizenship\u003c\/em\u003e exposes how the veneer of American values—freedom, democracy, human rights—exported to countries like Iraq, disintegrates to uncover what is really beneath: a nation-state that prioritises the needs of capitalism above the survival and wellbeing of its citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471130902764,"sku":"9781517911126","price":54.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781517911126-meaningless-citizenship.jpg?v=1775234929"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/sally-wesley-bonet.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}