Educating for Democratic Consciousness - Counter-Hegemonic Possibilities (Paperback, New edition)

This book has received the AESA (American Educational Studies Association) Critics Choice Award 2013. There is a widespread, but mainly untenable, assumption that education in Western societies (and elsewhere) intuitively and horizontally aids the democratic development of people. An argument could be made that in contemporary liberal democracies, education was never designed for the well-being of societies. Instead of the full inclusion of everyone in educational development, it becomes dominated by those with a vested interest in the role of the liberal state as a mediating agent that, ultimately, assures the supremacy of the capitalism and neoliberalism. This book extends beyond a theoretical analysis of democratic education, seeking to tap into the substantial experiences, perspectives and research of a wide range of leading scholars from diverse vantage points, who bring themselves and their work into the debate connecting democracy and education, which elucidates the reference to counter-hegemonic possibilities in the title.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Critical Studies in Democracy and Political Literacy, 3
Release date:	December 2012
First published:	2013
Editors:	Ali A. Abdi • Paul R. Carr
Dimensions:	225 x 150 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	292
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-1710-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4331-1710-X
Barcode:	9781433117107

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