Reclaiming dissent : : civics education for the 21st century / / Mordechai Gordon.

Reclaiming Dissent is a unique collection of essays that focus on the value of dissent for the survival of democracy in the United States and the role that education can play with respect to this virtue. The various contributors to this volume share the conviction that the vitality of a democracy de...

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Superior document:Bold Visions in Educational Research ; 27
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden : : Brill,, [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Bold Visions in Educational Research ; 27.
Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Mordechai Gordon
  • Introduction / Mordechai Gordon
  • The Meaning and Value of Dissent in a Democratic Society / Mordechai Gordon
  • Historical, Political, and Legal Efforts to Squash Dissent in the United States / Sean P. Duffy
  • “But They Chose Segregation” / Michael E. James
  • Unfit for Mature Democracy / Joel Westheimer
  • Dissent / Sarah Stitzlein
  • Dissent and Character Education / Marvin W. Berkowitz and Bill Puka
  • Power Concedes Nothing without Demand / Gloria Graves Holmes
  • Toward a Pedagogy of Dissent / Mordechai Gordon
  • About the Contributors / Mordechai Gordon.