Democracy, Deliberation, and Education

by Robert Asen

The local school board is one of America's enduring venues of lay democracy at work. In Democracy, Deliberation, and Education, Robert Asen takes the pulse of this democratic exemplar through an in-depth study of three local school boards in Wisconsin. In so doing, Asen identifies the broader democratic ideal in the most parochial of American settings.

Conducted over two years across racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic lines, Asen's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271067098
• ISBN13: 9780271067094
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"