Foreword by Dorothy E. Smith
Introduction: The Institutional and Policy Contexts That Shape Young People’s Lives
Outline of the Book
1. Experience, Ontology, and Sociologies of Resistance
Social Research and Ideology
Beyond Alienation: Ideology and Processes of Domination
Beginning with Experience
Conclusion: A Feminist Method of Inquiry
2. Participatory Institutional Ethnographies of the State
Project 1: Schools, Safety, and the Urban Neighbourhood
Project 2: Sampling Youth Development
Research Participants
Methods
Analysis
Youth Summer Research Internships
3. The Neoliberal State and the Creation of Race, Class, and Gender
Racism without Intent
The Police “Don’t Care About Us”
Differential Policing Practices
Housing, Policing, and the State
Conclusion: Technologies of Evidence and the Construction of a Post-Racial, Post-Gendered, Post-Class World
4. Evidential Practices in Education and the Negation of Race
Comparing Educational Contexts: Toronto and Montreal
Educational Exclusions and the Evidential Turn in Education
Teachers: “Most of Them Mean Very Well”
Conclusion: The Affirmation of Race, Class, and Gender Categories in Post-race, Post-class, and Post-gender Times
5. Risk, Safety, Inclusion, and the Inter-Institutional Organization of Educational Interventions
Like Moves on a Chessboard
“Special” Education – Assessment, Identification, and Segregation
“Welcome Schools,” Language Laws, and Inter-Cultural Policies
Youth “At Risk”
Negotiating, Coordinating, and Enabling Access to Education
Conclusion
6. State Surveillance and School Discipline
Safe Schools Policy Background: Ontario and Quebec
“Then I Got Suspended:” Young People’s Experiences of School Discipline in Montreal and Toronto
School Discipline, Surveillance, and Educational (Under) Achievement
Institutionally Organized Intersections: Special Education and School Safety
Intersectional Practices of Surveillance: Education, Child Protection, Policing, and Probation
Conclusion
My Next Moves
References
Index
