The Cambridge Handbook of Democratic Education

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· Cambridge University Press
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What kind of education is needed for democracy? How can education respond to the challenges that current democracies face? This unprecedented Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the most important ideas, issues, and thinkers within democratic education. Its thirty chapters are written by leading experts in the field in an accessible format. Its breadth of purpose and depth of analysis will appeal to both researchers and practitioners in education and politics. The Handbook addresses not only the historical roots and philosophical foundations of democratic education, but also engages with contemporary political issues and key challenges to the project of democratic education.

About the author

Julian Culp is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Fellow of the Center for Critical Democracy Studies at The American University of Paris, France. His research focuses on ethics, philosophy of education, political philosophy, and democratic theory.

Johannes Drerup is Professor of Philosophy of Education and Educational Theory at the Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany, and Guest Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His research focuses on philosophy of education, democratic education, and educational ethics.

Douglas Yacek is a Research Fellow at the Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany. His research focuses on questions at the intersections of educational ethics, moral and democratic education, and the history of educational thought.

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