Democracy, Education, and Multiculturalism: Dilemmas of Citizenship in a Global World
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Democracy, Education, and Multiculturalism: Dilemmas of Citizenship in a Global World
Democracy, Education, and Multiculturalism: Dilemmas of Citizenship in a Global World

Democracy, Education, and Multiculturalism: Dilemmas of Citizenship in a Global World

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Carlos Alberto Torres (Author)  

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This important book looks at developments that are changing our understanding of the role of education in citizenship and the possibilities of democratic participation. The first chapter reviews theories of citizenship and education based on the classical contributions to political theory of C.B. MacPherson and T.H. Marshall. The second chapter challenges educators to think more politically about education. It is based on a seminal analysis that shows the role education plays in the liberal, neoliberal, and neoconservative state, incorporating critical perspectives from neo-Marxism, postmodernism, and feminism. In chapter three Professor Torres analyzes the transition from the welfare state to the neoliberal state, including the role of international organizations in promoting educational reform and privatization policies. In the concluding chapter Torres draws on Hobbes, Locke, Jefferson, Kant, Hegel, Marx and other writers such as C. Mouffe and C. Pateman to outline contemporary approaches to multiculturalism in education and citizenship.
Carlos Alberto Torres is professor in the Graduate School of Education and director of the Latin American Studies Center at the University of California, Los Angeles.
  • Contributor: Carlos Alberto Torres
  • Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
  • ISBN13: 9780847685356
  • Number of Pages: 288
  • Packaged Dimensions: 146x229x22mm
  • Packaged Weight: 445
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release Date: 1998-10-29
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Carlos Alberto Torres is professor in the Graduate School of Education and director of the Latin American Studies Center at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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