Ian MacMullen (Assistant Assistant Professor of Political Science

Civics Beyond Critics

Character Education in a Liberal Democracy

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the goals of civic education in liberal democracy, and demonstrates how we can recognize the value of the kinds of character formation that civic education has traditionally involved without losing the portion of the truth that can be found in the orthodox view which favors critical autonomy

Produktdetails

• Oxford Political Theory
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 167mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 580g
• ISBN-13: 9780198733614
• ISBN-10: 0198733615
• Artikelnr.: 47869476

Autorenporträt

Born and raised in England and educated at Oxford and Harvard universities, Ian MacMullen is a Political Theorist who specializes in the Politics of Education and of Religious and Cultural Pluralism. He is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
I: Promoting Compliance with Laws
2: Cultivating Motives for Compliance
3: Evaluating Education for Compliance: A Cost-Benefit Analysis
II: Fostering Civic Motivation
4: Sources of Civic Motivation
5: Doing Without Love
III: Status Quo Bias in Civic Education
6: Status Quo Educational Bias: Its Nature and Sources
7: A Qualified Defense of Status Quo Bias
8: Conclusion: Citizenship and the Limits of Autonomy