Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-265) and index.
Contents
Defining democratic purposes / Lorraine M. McDonnell -- What the American founders have to teach us about schooling for democratic citizenship / Lorraine Smith Pangle and Thomas L. Pangle -- Toward a political economy of citizenship : historical perspectives on the purposes of common schools / Carl F. Kaestle -- Why should schools care about civic education? / Amy Gutmann -- Political socialization perspective / Pamela Johnston Conover and Donald D. Searing -- Two democratic purposes of public education / Terry M. Moe -- Democracy and schooling : an institutional perspective / James G. March and Johan P. Olsen -- Seeking a new politics of education / Lorraine M. McDonnell and M. Stephen Weatherford -- Democratic education and the American dream / Jennifer L. Hochschild and Nathan Scovronick.
