Top 10 Best "Democratic" Books

Another Kind of Public Education

Patricia Hill Collins

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The Democratic Debate

Bruce Miroff
Raymond Seidelman
Todd Swanstrom

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The Democratic Debate

The Democratic Debate examines the struggle between the elite and popular models of democracy which, the authors argue, have alternated as the dominant vision in America since its founding. The text uses the standard of popular democracy to examine the United States from anti-federalism to contemporary social movements. Special attention is given to people, famous and otherwise, whose actions demonstrate how individuals can make a difference in democracy. Thorough coverage of recent events includes a discussion of Enron and issues of corporate responsibility, the evolution of the Christian Right into a mass movement, the protests against the War in Iraq, and the Terry Schiavo case as it relates to Federalism.

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The Americans

Daniel J. Boorstin

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How Democratic is the American Constitution? Second Edition

Professor Robert A. Dahl

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Democratic Education (Princeton Paperbacks)

Amy Gutmann

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The Shadow Party

David Horowitz
Richard Poe

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Active Liberty

Stephen Breyer

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William Eggleston

Ms. Elisabeth Sussman
Thomas Weski
Tina Kukielski
Stanley Booth
Donna De Salvo

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Discussion as a Way of Teaching

Stephen D. Brookfield
Stephen Preskill

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American Quilts

Robert Shaw

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Controversy in the Classroom

In a conservative educational climate that is dominated by policies like No Child Left Behind, one of the most serious effects has been for educators to worry about the politics of what they are teaching and how they are teaching it. As a result, many dedicated teachers choose to avoid controversial issues altogether in preference for "safe" knowledge and "safe" teaching practices. Diana Hess interrupts this dangerous trend by providing readers a spirited and detailed argument for why curricula and teaching based on controversial issues are truly crucial at this time. Through rich empirical research from real classrooms throughout the nation, she demonstrates why schools have the potential to be particularly powerful sites for democratic education and why this form of education must include sustained attention to authentic and controversial political issues that animate political communities. The purposeful inclusion of controversial issues in the school curriculum, when done wisely and well, can communicate by example the essence of what makes communities democratic whil...

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Controversy in the Classroom

Diana E. Hess

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America's Democratic Republic (3rd Edition)

Edward S. Greenberg
Benjamin I. Page

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