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Failing liberty 101 : how we are leaving young Americans unprepared for citizenship in a free society /
The author argues that we are failing to prepare today's young people to be responsible American citizens--to the detriment of their life prospects and those of liberty in the United States of the future. He identifies the problems--the declines in civic purpose and patriotism, crises of faith,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stanford, Calif. :
Hoover Institution Press,
©2011.
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| Colección: | Hoover Institution Press publication ;
611. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The author argues that we are failing to prepare today's young people to be responsible American citizens--to the detriment of their life prospects and those of liberty in the United States of the future. He identifies the problems--the declines in civic purpose and patriotism, crises of faith, cynicism, self-absorption, ignorance, indifference to the common good--and shows that our disregard of civic and moral virtue as an educational priority is having a tangible effect on the attitudes, understanding, and behavior of large portions of the youth in our country today. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (161 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes notes and bibliographical references (pages 129-138), and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780817913687 0817913688 9780817913663 0817913661 1306141648 9781306141642 |