Democracy, Deliberation, and Education
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Democracy, Deliberation, and Education

Democracy, Deliberation, and Education

PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESSISBN:9780271067094
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By Robert Asen
Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 248

Explores the ways that school board members engage each other to make decisions for their local communities in the United States. Illustrates the perils and promise of local policymaking as people seek to chart a future course for their communities, addressing issues of ideology, scarcity, expertise, and trust.


Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Discovering Local Deliberation and Policymaking

1 Networked Publics, Networked Policies

2 Ideology, Counterpublicity, and the Gay-Straight Alliance

3 Scarcity, District Finances, and Difficult Decisions

4 Expertise, Integration, and the Problem of Judgment

5 Trust, Relationships, and Deliberation Conclusion: Reconnecting Democracy and Education

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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