Democratic Education
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Overview
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.
The philosophical foundations of the education policy for a society which claims to be democratic are the issues of this book of political philosophy.
Synopsis
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.
Suzanna Sherry - University of Texas Law Review
A small masterpiece of political theory with implications far beyond the educational context.
Editorials
Ethics
The finest contribution to the literature on democratic education of the last seventy years.— Mark Yudof
University of Texas Law Review
A small masterpiece of political theory with implications far beyond the educational context.— Suzanna Sherry
Academe
Amy Gutmann has written a courageous book.... One of Gutmann's most remarkable successes is her ability to sustain a principled argument through a dazzling range of issues of great moment and complexity.— Herbert M. Kliebard
The Philosophical Review
Gutmann has created a theory of extraordinary coherence, comprehensiveness, and depth.— Alison M. Jaggar
The Times Higher Education Supplement
Gutmann attempts to construct a democratic theory of education with great conceptual clarity and good common sense.... Democratic Education belongs in a liberal tradition that goes back to the birth of the Republic.... It is a tradition that began with the founders and is represented today by people like Thomas Nagel and John Rawls. It is the America de Tocqueville celebrated.The Times Literary Supplement
[Democratic Education] is unusual in offering a specifically political theory of education.... [The theory] is rigorously deployed and its practical implications are conscientiously demonstrated in close, well-documented and instructive discussion of controversial issues in the politics of American education.— Jean Floud
Ethics
The finest contribution to the literature on democratic education of the last seventy years.University of Texas Law Review
A small masterpiece of political theory with implications far beyond the educational context.The Philosophical Review
Gutmann has created a theory of extraordinary coherence, comprehensiveness, and depth.Academe
Amy Gutmann has written a courageous book.... One of Gutmann's most remarkable successes is her ability to sustain a principled argument through a dazzling range of issues of great moment and complexity.The Times Literary Supplement
[Democratic Education] is unusual in offering a specifically political theory of education.... [The theory] is rigorously deployed and its practical implications are conscientiously demonstrated in close, well-documented and instructive discussion of controversial issues in the politics of American education.The Times Literary Supplement
[Democratic Education] is unusual in offering a specifically political theory of education.... [The theory] is rigorously deployed and its practical implications are conscientiously demonstrated in close, well-documented and instructive discussion of controversial issues in the politics of American education.— Jean Floud