Education and Democratic Citizenship in America.

Overview & Synopsis

This book explores the causal relationships between education and democratic citizenship. This book is divided into 2 parts and features 11 chapters. Chapter 1, the introductory chapter, looks at "Education and Democratic Citizenship in America: Enlightened Political Engagement." Part 1, "Education and Citizenship in the United States, 1990," features (2) "Enlightened Political Engagement: Characteristics of Democratic Citizenship and Their Relationship to Education"; (3) "What Links Education to Enlightened Political Engagement? Cognitive and Positional Pathways"; (4) "Integrating and Testing the Model"; and (5) "Confirming the Enlightenment and Political Engagement Dimensions." Part 2, "Education and Citizenship in the United States, 1972-1994," examines (6) "Reconceptualizing Educational Effects"; (7) "Education and Democratic Citizenship from the 1970's to the 1990's: Defining and Operationalizing the Measures"; (8) "Testing Educational Effects Over Time"; (9) "Absolute and Relative Education in Synchronic Studies: Application to Cross-Sectional Surveys"; (10) "Education and Democratic Citizenship in Other Nations; An Exploratory Comparative Analysis"; and (11) "The Future of Education and Democratic Citizenship: Some Implications of Our Findings." (Contains over 200 references, 8 appendices, and an index.) (CB)