附註:"First printing of the revised paperback edition"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-337) and index.
Introduction: Back to Basics -- 1. States and Education -- 2. The Purposes of Primary Education -- 3. Dimensions of Democratic Participation -- 4. The Limits of Democratic Authority -- 5. Distributing Primary Schooling -- 6. The Purposes of Higher Education -- 7. Distributing Higher Education -- 8. Extramural Education -- 9. Educating Adults -- Conclusion: The Primacy of Political Education -- Epilogue: Challenges of Civic Minimalism, Multiculturalism, and Cosmopolitanism.
摘要:"Who should have the authority to shape the education of citizens in a democracy? This is the central question posed by Amy Gutmann in the first book-length study of the democratic theory of education. The author tackles a wide range of issues, from the democratic case against book banning to the role of teachers' unions in education, as well as the vexed questions of public support for private schools and affirmative action in college admissions."--Jacket.
