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To restore American democracy : political education and the modern university

Title
To restore American democracy : political education and the modern university / edited by Robert E. Calvert.
Publication
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2006.

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Additional Authors
Calvert, Robert E.
Description
xii, 276 pages; 23 cm
Subject
  • Higher education and state > United States > Congresses
  • Education, Higher > Political aspects > United States > Congresses
  • Political socialization > United States > Congresses
  • Higher education and state > United States
  • Education, Higher > Political aspects > United States
  • Political socialization > United States
  • Education, Higher > Political aspects
  • Higher education and state
  • Political socialization
  • Politikwissenschaftliches Studium
  • Politische Beteiligung
  • Politische Bildung
  • Hoger onderwijs
  • Onderwijs
  • Studenten
  • Democratie
  • Burgerschapskunde
  • Universität
  • United States
  • USA
  • USA
Genre/Form
  • Congress
  • Conference papers and proceedings.
  • Actes de congrès.
Note
  • "The chapters in the volume for the most part were originally delivered as lectures at a symposium at DePauw University in the spring of 2003..."--P. 1.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Political education and the modern university : prologue / Robert E. Calvert -- Between resignation and utopia : political education and the modern American university / William A. Galston -- Liberal education and the civic project / Michael J. Sandel -- The media, the mall, and the multiplex : America's invisible tutors and the end of citizenship / Benjamin R. Barber -- The values of media, the values of citizenship, and the values of higher education / Todd Gitlin -- Public spaces and MyUniveristy.com / Cass R. Sunstein -- The culture of expedience : liberal education meets the "real" world / James B. Stewart -- Education and character in an age of moral freedom / Alan Wolfe -- Democracy, character, and the university / Leroy S. Rouner -- How do we talk? : God talk and American political life / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Plato's dogs : reflections on the university after 9/11 / Stephen Holmes -- The civic education of a Black American in a great big world / Roger Wilkins -- Moral education and democratic citizenship / Michael Walzer -- Utopias gone wrong : the antipolitical culture of the modern university and how to change it / Robert E. Calvert.
ISBN
  • 0742534545
  • 9780742534544
  • 0742534553
  • 9780742534551
LCCN
2005022246
OCLC
  • ocm61229705
  • 61229705
  • SCSB-8908183
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library