{"product_id":"the-last-best-hope-9780787956813","title":"The Last Best Hope","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume provides an introduction to the topic of democracy, the challenges of sustaining a democracy in today's society, and the crucial links between democracy, education, ecology, and social justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"These essays will challenge groups of democratic readers to examine their social and political assumptions, and in so doing will enable them to strengthen their commitment to the quality of democratic life. The Last Best Hope is a call to reflective action.\" (Stanley N. Katz, professor, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, and professor emeritus, American Council of Learned Societies)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSource Texts.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Introduction (S. Goodlad).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Editor\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e WHY DEMOCRACY?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Democracy (N. Postman).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An Aristocracy of Everyone (B. Barber).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e CONCEPTS AND COMPLEXITIES.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What Makes Democracy Work? (R. Putnam).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Democratic Virtues (C. Lummis).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Was Democracy Just a Moment? (R. Kaplan).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e CITIZENSHIP AND CHARACTER.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Masses in Representative Democracy (M. Oakeshott)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Reorientation in Education (B. Bode).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Education of Character (M. Buber).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e DEMOCRACY AND ITS TROUBLES.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Market Democracy in a Neoliberal Order (N. Chomsky).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Law and Justice (H. Zinn).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Jefferson, Morrill, and the Upper Crust (W. Berry).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e THE PUBLIC AND THE PERSONAL.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Democracy and Human Nature (J. Dewey).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Egalitarian Solidarity (P. Green).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Moral Imagination (M. Johnson).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e EDUCATION IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e How Colleges of Education Package the Myth of Modernity (C. Bowers).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Democratic Education in Difficult Times (A. Gutmann).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What Is Education For? (D. Orr).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e HUMAN POTENTIAL AND DEMOCRACY'S FUTURE.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Domain of the Future (M. Csikszentmihalyi).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Practical Utopianism (M. Midgley).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405039706455,"sku":"9780787956813","price":22.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780787956813.jpg?v=1730488462","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-last-best-hope-9780787956813","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}