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A groundbreaking classic that lays out and defends a democratic theory of education
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.
Price: $58.00
Pages: 368
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
18 April 1999
ISBN: 9780691009162
Format: Paperback
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"The finest contribution to the literature on democratic education of the last seventy years."---Mark Yudof, Ethics
Amy Gutmann is Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor and founding director of the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. Her books include Freedom of Association and, with Anthony Appiah, Color Conscious: The Political Morality of Race (both books available from Princeton) and, with Dennis Thompson, Democracy and Disagreement.