ABSTRACT
The essays in the book are organized into three sections in order to address the conceptualization of democracy and citizenship, reform efforts towards democratization in various societies, and educational efforts to foster democratic citizens. Each is written from a different historical and national perspective by an international panel of prominent comparative education scholars and each tackles the theme of democracy and civic duty in education.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |47 pages
Conceptualizing Democratization and Democratic Citizenship
part |117 pages
Democratizing Education
chapter |17 pages
Reconstructing Education in Germany
Some Similarities and Contrasts in the Postwar and Post-Unification Rethinking of Educational Provision
chapter |17 pages
Decentralization, Choice, and Charter Schools in the United States
Equity or Radical Transformation?
part |123 pages
Educating Democratic Citizens
chapter |23 pages
Democracy, Worker-Consumer-Citizens, and Teacher Education
Theoretical Musings with Findings from Research in Mexico
chapter |18 pages
The Purposes of Schooling in France
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, and Dilemmas of Individual Responsibility and Social Control
chapter |23 pages
Institutional Constraints on Promoting Civic Education in Hong Kong Secondary Schools
Insights from International Educational Achievement Data
