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Sustaining a Free Society - Roger Soder

Sustaining a Free Society

Roles and Responsibilities of Citizens, Leaders, and Schools

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Buch | Softcover
136 Seiten
2021
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4758-6126-6 (ISBN)
CHF 64,90 inkl. MwSt
The central contention of this book is that a free society can exist only if the conditions enabling that society are understood and acted on. If these conditions are not met, the free society cannot long exist, or will exist in name only.
It is difficult to create a free society but even more difficult to sustain that free society over time. We want to sustain the esssential elements of a free society, but at the same time, we must recognize that the world is always changing. How, then, to adjust to changes and to improve what we have, without loosing sight of core values, is our focus in Sustaining A Free Society.

The book first outlines in practical real-world terms fifteen conditions that must be in place to sustain a free society. One critical condition given extended consideration is the need for a long-term time perspective. Conditions do not exist in the abstract: they are created by people and the choices we make. Thus we need to consider the roles and responsibilities of those involved in a free a society: citizens and those they choose as leaders. We are not born knowing our responsibilities as citizens and leaders: these matters have to be learned. Sustaining a Free Society moves to a consideration of the role schools must play in ensuring that future generations know and value a free society and are prepared to in turn assume their responsibilities.

Roger Soder, Professor Emeritus of Education, University of Washington, has worked for many years with community advocacy organizations and K-12 schools on equity and access issues in addition to his teaching, research, and writing on the interconnected issues of leadership, rhetoric, democracy, schools, and teacher education. He is the author of The Language of Leadership, editor of Democracy, Education, and the Schools, and co-editor of Developing Democratic Character in the Young.

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One: Political and Cultural Conditions Necessary for a Free Society

Chapter Two: Long-Term Perspective in a Free Society

Chapter Three: Leadership in and For a Free Society

Chapter Four: Citizens in and For a Free Society

Chapter Five: Schools and the Sustaining of a Free Society

Chapter Six: The Free Society: Reflections and Directions

Bibliography

About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Lanham, MD
Sprache englisch
Maße 154 x 218 mm
Gewicht 209 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Allgemeines / Lexika
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Bildungstheorie
ISBN-10 1-4758-6126-5 / 1475861265
ISBN-13 978-1-4758-6126-6 / 9781475861266
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