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Making good citizens : education and civil society / edited by Diane Ravitch and Joseph P. Viteritti.

Contributor(s): Ravitch, Diane | Viteritti, Joseph P, 1946-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2001Description: 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0300099177 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780300099171 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Citizenship -- Study and teaching -- United States | Education -- Aims and objectives -- United StatesBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction / Diane Ravitch and Joseph P. Viteritti -- Education and democracy / Diane Ravitch -- Education and democratic citizenship / Norman Nie and D. Sunshine Hillygus -- community-based social capital and educational performance / Robert D. Putnam -- Fluctuations of social capital in an urban neighborhood / Gerald Grant -- To not fade away: restoring civil identity among the young / William Damon-- Moral disagreement, moral education, common ground / Warren A. Nord -- Some problems in acknowledging diversity / Nathan Glazer -- Education and citizenship in an age of pluralism / Mark Holmes -- Common education and the democratic ideal / Rosemary C. Salomone -- Once more into the breach: reflections on Jefferson, Madison, and the religion problem / Jack N. Rakove -- Civil society, religion, and the formation of citizens / Jen Bethke Elshtain -- Schooling and religious pluralism / Alan Wolfe -- Religion and education: American exceptionalism? / Charles L. Glenn -- Risking choice, redressing inequality / Joseph V. Viteritti.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Diane Ravitch and Joseph P. Viteritti -- Education and democracy / Diane Ravitch -- Education and democratic citizenship / Norman Nie and D. Sunshine Hillygus -- community-based social capital and educational performance / Robert D. Putnam -- Fluctuations of social capital in an urban neighborhood / Gerald Grant -- To not fade away: restoring civil identity among the young / William Damon-- Moral disagreement, moral education, common ground / Warren A. Nord -- Some problems in acknowledging diversity / Nathan Glazer -- Education and citizenship in an age of pluralism / Mark Holmes -- Common education and the democratic ideal / Rosemary C. Salomone -- Once more into the breach: reflections on Jefferson, Madison, and the religion problem / Jack N. Rakove -- Civil society, religion, and the formation of citizens / Jen Bethke Elshtain -- Schooling and religious pluralism / Alan Wolfe -- Religion and education: American exceptionalism? / Charles L. Glenn -- Risking choice, redressing inequality / Joseph V. Viteritti.

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