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Education for Democratic Citizenship: A Challenge for Multi-ethnic Societies
Author(s): Marilyn B. Hoskin (Editor), Roberta S. Sigel
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 1 Jan. 1991
- Language: English
- Print length: 232 pages
- ISBN-10: 080580725X
- ISBN-13: 9780805807257
Book Description
It is becoming increasingly clear that members of a host nation as well as newcomers have to learn what it means to live democratically in a multi-ethnic world and to accept diversity without fear or rancor. This volume, a result of a conference sponsored by the Spencer Foundation, asks a question of increasing significance in view of post World War II immigration patterns and the spread of democratic forms of government: “What can educational researchers and practitioners do to prepare our youth for cooperative, constructive living in a democracy?” This book illustrates how six post-industrial nations — Canada, Germany, Israel, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States — have met or failed to meet this challenge.