This book critically explores civic republicanism in light of contemporary republican political theory and the influence of republican models of citizenship in recent developments in civic education across a number of Western nations.

Autorentext
ANDREW PETERSON is Senior Lecturer in Education at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. He lectures and researches in citizenship education, and has also published on the theme of moral education.

Inhalt
Foreword Introduction The Civic Republican Revival The Origins of Civic Republican Thought Civic Obligation and the Common Good Civic Virtue Civic Republican Deliberative Democracy The Expression of Civic Republicanism in Civic Education A Civic Republican Theory of Civic Education? Bibliography Index