Civic Education and Culture
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (968 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1932236619 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 230 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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This book presents the insights of renowned scholars and writers, including Stephen H. The nature, extent, and coherence of civic education are perhaps the greatest determinants of a regime's politics and culture, and the regime can in turn do much to foster the right kind of civic education. Balch, Timothy Fuller, and Roger Kimball, who have thought broadly and deeply about the role that education at all levels plays in promoting, maintaining, or undermining our politics, culture, and society.. What do we teach our citizens? This great Platonic question is as crucial today as it has ever been. Virtually all would agree that such diversity, sophistication, and freedom are positive political and cultural goods, but many would also argue that they militate against the coherence that all regimes and civilizations must, in some way, demand. America and the West come to terms with this question in the context of their richly diverse, technologically sophisticated, fundamentally individualistic societies
His books include Civil Rights and the Paradox of Liberal Democracy (Lexington Books, 1999) and Courts and the Culture Wars (Lexington Books, 2002).. S. About the AuthorBradley C. Watson is Associate Professor of Political Science and Fellow in Politics and Culture at the Center for Economic and Policy Education, Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Watson is Associate Professor of Political Science and Fellow in Politics and Culture at the Center for Economic and Policy Education, Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania. His books include Civil Rights and the Paradox of Liberal Democracy (Lexington Books, 1999) and Courts and the Culture Wars (Lexington Books, 2002).. S. Bradley C
An intellectual study with the premise of collective social views and ideals Midwest Book Review Ably compiled and deftly edited by C.S. Watson, Civic Education And Culture is an impressive collection of insightful writings on the societal understandings and constructs which are created as result of what teachings are allowed to shape national, worldly or local paradigms. As an intellectual study with the premise of collective social views and ideals, Civic Education And Culture is a compendium of informative and constructive documentation drawn from numerous well known authors, recognized scholars and accomplished philosophers r