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2009-01-30
Title: Whither civic education.
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Name(s): Scher, Richard, creator
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Conference Presentation
Date Issued: 2009-01-30
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Libraries’ Digital Library [digital object]
Physical Description: 1 Conference paper text/pdf (ca. 18 p.): digital. Program text/pdf (ca. 10 p.): digital.
Language(s): English
Identifier: 186470 (digitool), FADT186470 (IID), fau:31890 (fedora)
Note(s): The questions go back to pre-Platonic times: how do states turn ordinary people, especially new generations of young people, into supportive, contributing citizens? Are the tasks required to do this in modern democracies such as the United States different from those in states which rely on authoritarianism or state-sponsored terror? There are numerous variations on these questions: How does a conquering nation gain the allegiance of the vanquished? If a government is overthrown in a coup, how do the new rulers convince the citizens that they are the rightful and legitimate power holders? All of these devolve into questions of civic education.
Subject(s): Civics -- Study and teaching -- United States
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States
Political science
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/186470
Restrictions on Access: Electronic version created 2009, Florida Atlantic University
Host Institution: FAU

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Title: Whither civic education.
Name(s): Scher, Richard, creator
Jack Miller Forum
Department of Political Science
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Conference Presentation
Date Issued: 2009-01-30
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Florida
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 18 p.
Language(s): English
Identifier: 186471 (digitool), FADT186471p (IID)
Note(s): The questions go back to pre-Platonic times: how do states turn ordinary people, especially new generations of young people, into supportive, contributing citizens? Are the tasks required to do this in modern democracies such as the United States different from those in states which rely on authoritarianism or state-sponsored terror? There are numerous variations on these questions: How does a conquering nation gain the allegiance of the vanquished? If a government is overthrown in a coup, how do the new rulers convince the citizens that they are the rightful and legitimate power holders? All of these devolve into questions of civic education.
Subject(s): Civics -- Study and teaching -- United States
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States
Political science
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT186471p
Use and Reproduction: Author retains rights.
Host Institution: FAU

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