Brings together leading scholars from cultural studies, education, gender studies, and sociology to reposition critical cultural studies research around the goals of moral clarity and political intervention. Chapters in this work range from neoliberalism and democracy to America's war on kids and the cultural politics of national identity.

Introduction, Norman K. Denzin, Michael D. Giardina; Part I Contesting Empire; Chapter 1 The Algebra of Infinite Justice, Arundhati Roy; Chapter 2 Critical Pedagogy Reloaded, Peter McLaren; Chapter 3 Globalization, Terrorism, and Democracy, Douglas Kellner; Chapter 4 Neoliberal Empire, Jan Nederveen Pieterse; Part II Policing the Crisis; Chapter 5 Cultural Studies, the War against Kids, and the Re-Becoming of U.S. Modernity, Lawrence Grossberg; Chapter 6 The American People Cannot Be Trusted, Toby Miller; Chapter 7 Critical Pedagogy in a Time of Uncertainty, Antonia Darder, Luis F. Mirón; Chapter 8 Bounding American Democracy, CL Cole; Part III Performing Pedagogies of Resistance; Chapter 9 Bleeding Borders, Bryant K. Alexander; Chapter 10 Unpacking a Double Consciousness, Christopher DunbarJr.; Chapter 11 Representing African Cultural Studies and the Praxis of the African Resistance, Keyan G. Tomaselli, Handel Kashope Wright; Chapter 12 Gap This!, Mary E. Weems; Part IV Cultural Studies/Critical Methodologies; Chapter 13 Cultural Studies as Performative Practice, Henry A. Giroux; Chapter 14 The Politics and Ethics of Performance Pedagogy, Norman K. Denzin; Chapter 15 Negotiating Research with Communities of Practice, Keyan G. Tomaselli; Chapter 16 Apocryphal Now Redux, Jack Z. Bratich; coda Coda: After 9/11, Cameron R. McCarthy;

“In Contesting Empire, Globalizing Dissent: Cultural Studies after 9/11, Denzin and Giardina have brought together the works of leading cultural critics who have given cultural studies a global framework that meets our need for examining the governing strategies of the military, the economy, the media, and educational elites. At the same time, Contesting Empire, Globalizing Dissent counters with the cries of rage from around the world, with which the authors outline a pedagogy of hope and transformation. This is a must-read for those who want cultural studies to really matter in the present moment.” —Patricia Ticineto Clough