Liberal Democracy and Liberal Education 9781498502474, 9781498502467

The essays in this book reflect on the paradoxical relationship of liberal education and liberal democracy. Liberal educ

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Liberal Democracy and Liberal Education
9781498502474, 9781498502467

In John Boyer, ed., The Aims of Education (Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago, 1997), pp. 81-106.

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This edited volume offers new insights into the populist wave that is affecting democratic politics in a large number of

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Liberals blame the global retreat of liberal democracy on globalisation and authoritarian leaders. Only liberalism, so t

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This timely and thought-provoking collection makes an important contribution to the literature and will appeal to anyone

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Education, Liberal Democracy and Populism: Arguments from Plato, Locke, Rousseau and Mill provides a lucid and critical

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What should the aims of education be in a liberal society? Who should exercise control over education? How can children

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Controversy over what role “the great books” should play in college curricula and questions about who defines “the liter

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GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9781853312137); In this sympathetic restatement of C B Macpherson's ideas

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What is the place of Christian love in a pluralistic society dedicated to "liberty and justice for all"? What

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Hardly a week passes without some luminary decrying the exorbitant cost of higher education and the sorry state of the l

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