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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog contributor b11050185.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-337) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Back to Basics -- 1. States and Education -- 2. The Purposes of Primary Education -- 3. Dimensions of Democratic Participation -- 4. The Limits of Democratic Authority -- 5. Distributing Primary Schooling -- 6. The Purposes of Higher Education -- 7. Distributing Higher Education -- 8. Extramural Education -- 9. Educating Adults -- Conclusion: The Primacy of Political Education -- Epilogue: Challenges of Civic Minimalism, Multiculturalism, and Cosmopolitanism.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 348 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0691009163 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0691022771 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0691077363 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "9781400811915 (electronic bk.)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "370/.973 21".
- catalog subject "Democracy United States.".
- catalog subject "Education Aims and objectives United States.".
- catalog subject "Education and state United States Citizen participation.".
- catalog subject "LA217.2 .G88 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Back to Basics -- 1. States and Education -- 2. The Purposes of Primary Education -- 3. Dimensions of Democratic Participation -- 4. The Limits of Democratic Authority -- 5. Distributing Primary Schooling -- 6. The Purposes of Higher Education -- 7. Distributing Higher Education -- 8. Extramural Education -- 9. Educating Adults -- Conclusion: The Primacy of Political Education -- Epilogue: Challenges of Civic Minimalism, Multiculturalism, and Cosmopolitanism.".
- catalog title "Democratic education / Amy Gutmann, with a new preface and epilogue.".
- catalog type "text".