Books by John Beck

John Beck and Ryan Bishop explore the 1960s interdisciplinary art and technology collaborations between American avant-garde artists and the military-industrial complex that took place in universities, private labs, and museums.

Since World War II, the American West has become the nation's military arsenal, proving ground, and disposal site. Through a wide-ranging discussion of recent literature produced in and about the West, Dirty Wars explores how the region's iconic landscapes, invested with myths of national virtue, have obscured the West's crucial role in a post-World War II age of ""permanent war"".

Discusses Michael Young's book "The Rise of the Meritocracy" and analyses the ideas behind meritocracy, citizenship and education and offers an extension to Young's initial findings. It examines issues of continuity and change in New Labour policy on schools, the curriculum, and the professions (especially but not only the teaching profession).

This work highlights recent high profile debates about values and citizenship in education, providing the reader with an easily accessible framework within which to view Britain's moral predicament.