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Democracy, deliberation, and education / Robert Asen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Asen, Robert, 1968- author.
- Series:
- Rhetoric and democratic deliberation.
- Rhetoric and democratic deliberation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Deliberative democracy--Wisconsin.
- Deliberative democracy.
- School boards--Wisconsin.
- School boards.
- Education and state--Wisconsin.
- Education and state.
- Democracy and education--Wisconsin.
- Democracy and education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 233 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2015]
- Summary:
- "Explores the ways that school board members engage each other to make decisions for their local communities in the United States. Illustrates the perils and promise of local policymaking as people seek to chart a future course for their communities, addressing issues of ideology, scarcity, expertise, and trust"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : discovering local deliberation and policymaking
- Networked publics, networked policies
- Ideology, counterpublicity, and the Gay-Straight Alliance
- Scarcity, district finances, and difficult decisions
- Expertise, integration, and the problem of judgment
- Trust, relationships, and deliberation
- Conclusion : reconnecting democracy and education.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-271-07314-4
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