To restore American democracy : political education and the modern university / edited By Robert E. Calvert.

Other author Calvert, Robert E.
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2006.
Descriptionxii, 276 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Political education and the modern university : prologue / Robert E. Calvert -- Between resignation and utopia : political education and the modern American university / William A. Galston -- Liberal education and the civic project / Michael J. Sandel -- The media, the mall, and the multiplex : America's invisible tutors and the end of citizenship / Benjamin R. Barber -- The values of media, the values of citizenship, and the values of higher education / Todd Gitlin -- Public spaces and MyUniveristy.com / Cass R. Sunstein -- The culture of expedience : liberal education meets the "real" world / James B. Stewart -- Education and character in an age of moral freedom / Alan Wolfe -- Democracy, character, and the university / Leroy S. Rouner -- How do we talk? : God talk and American political life / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Plato's dogs : reflections on the university after 9/11 / Stephen Holmes -- The civic education of a Black American in a great big world / Roger Wilkins -- Moral education and democratic citizenship / Michael Walzer -- Utopias gone wrong : the antipolitical culture of the modern university and how to change it / Robert E. Calvert.
General note"The chapters in the volume for the most part were originally delivered as lectures at a symposium at DePauw University in the spring of 2003..."--P. 1.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005022246
ISBN0742534545 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0742534553 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks LC173 .T6 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold