Democracy's Midwife: An Education in Deliberation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780739103296)

The philosopher-educator John Dewey wrote that 'Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife.' In an America where every vote-though considered equally-counts for very little, Democracy's Midwife offers the vision of a new kind of democratic system: a deliberative democracy energized by an educated citizenry. Jack Crittenden's excellent new study looks behind the modern democratic rhetoric to reveal a system of government that excludes citizens from participating directly in decision-making. The book combines a thorough examination of the theoretical underpinnings of democratic education with radical solutions for the overhaul of a system of civic education dating back to the Founding Fathers. Democracy's Midwife is both a denunciation of an education system that has failed to prepare future citizens for participation in public life and a timely blueprint for the creation of a civic-minded electorate prepared for the responsibility of self-government.

Author: Jack Crittenden
ISBN-10: 0739103296
ISBN-13: 9780739103296
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 02/12/2002
Pages: 262
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.04w x 0.77d