Democratic education / Amy Gutmann, with a new preface and epilogue.
By: Gutmann, Amy
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Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c1999Edition: [Rev. ed.].Description: xiv, 348 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780691009162 (pbk.) :; 0691009163 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Education -- Aims and objectives -- United States | Democracy -- United States | Education and state -- United States -- Citizen participationSummary: "Who should have the authority to shape the education of citizens in a democracy? This is the central question posed by Amy Gutmann in the first book-length study of the democratic theory of education. The author tackles a wide range of issues, from the democratic case against book banning to the role of teachers' unions in education, as well as the vexed questions of public support for private schools and affirmative action in college admissions."--BOOK JACKET.
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"First printing of the revised paperback edition"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-337) and index.
"Who should have the authority to shape the education of citizens in a democracy? This is the central question posed by Amy Gutmann in the first book-length study of the democratic theory of education. The author tackles a wide range of issues, from the democratic case against book banning to the role of teachers' unions in education, as well as the vexed questions of public support for private schools and affirmative action in college admissions."--BOOK JACKET.
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