Democratic Education in a Multicultural State
Published on 11. October 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-631-19925-0 (ISBN)
Description
In multicultural societies different communities live side by side with each other, respecting each other's identities and traditions to different degrees, sometimes living in harmony and sometimes in conflict. The phenomenon of multiculturalism requires us to re-examine many of the concepts used in political theory, for example, citizenship, rights, toleration, democracy. Most of all, multiculturalism demands a redefinition of educational ends and means. The contributors to this volume employ their discussions of multiculturalism to reflect on the liberal democratic tradition and, in so doing, allow us better to understand its scope as well as its limits.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 171 mm
Weight
241 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-19925-0 (9780631199250)
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Content
Education, democratic citizenship and multiculturalism, Michael Walzer; toleration and recognition - education in a multicultural society, Susan Mendus; moral diversity and relativism, Steven Lukes; runes and ruins - teaching reading cultures, Amelie Oksenberg Rorty; liberalism and the question of multicultural education, Walter Feinberg; educational rights in multicultural democracies, Colin Wringe; one nation, under John Stuart Mill? - defending the moderate hegemony of liberalism, Steve Macedo; voluntary apartheid? - problems of schooling for religious and other minorities in democratic states, Mark Halstead; learning from mistakes - resources of toleration in the Jewish tradition.