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Making good citizens : education and civil society /

Americans have reason to be concerned about the condition of American democracy at the start of the twenty-first century. Surveys show that civic participation has declined, cynicism about government has increased, and young people have a weak grasp of the principles that underlie our constitutional...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ravitch, Diane, Viteritti, Joseph P., 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Diane Ravitch & Joseph P. Viteritti
  • Education and democracy / Diane Ravitch
  • Education and democratic citizenship / Norman Nie & D. Sunshine Hillygus
  • Community-based social capital and educational performance / Robert D. Putnam
  • Fluctuations of social capital in an urban neighborhood / Gerald Grant
  • To not fade away : restoring civil identity among the young / William Damon
  • Moral disagreement, moral education, common ground / Warren A. Nord
  • Some problems in acknowledging diversity / Nathan Glazer
  • Education and citizenship in an age of pluralism / Mark Holmes
  • Common education and the democratic ideal / Rosemary C. Salomone
  • Once more into the breach : reflections on Jefferson, Madison, and the religion problem / Jack N. Rakove
  • Civil society, religion, and the formation of citizens / Jean Bethke Elshtain
  • Schooling and religious pluralism / Alan Wolfe
  • Religion and education : American exceptionalism? / Charles L. Glenn
  • Risking choice, redressing inequality / Joseph P. Viteritti.