What is Common about Common Schooling? Rational Autonomy and Moral Agency in Liberal Democratic Education

2009 ◽  
pp. 108-123
Author(s):  
Hanan Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Moral Agency ◽  
Democratic Education ◽  
Liberal Democratic

Liberal Democratic Education: A Paradigm in Crisis

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian Culp ◽  
Johannes Drerup ◽  
Isolde de Groot ◽  
Anders Schinkel ◽  
Douglas Yacek
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Education ◽  
Liberal Democratic

Dewey, the Ethics of Democracy, and the Challenge of Social Inclusion in Education

2017 ◽  
pp. 372-392
Author(s):  
Maura Striano
Keyword(s):  
Moral Agency ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Democratic Education ◽  
Human Growth ◽  
Shared Understanding ◽  
Social Reconstruction ◽  
Reflective Inquiry ◽  
Social Growth ◽  
Democratic Life

Human development, human rights, and social inclusion are currently among the main challenges for democratic life. John Dewey understood democracy not only as an individual and social task but also as a moral commitment to human growth deeply related to education. He identified reflective inquiry as both the backdrop of moral agency (in the form of reflective morality) and the method of social reconstruction aimed at assuring social justice and social inclusion through a shared understanding and exploration of individual and collective problems. Moreover, he advocated for new relationships between industry, schools, and society, envisaging the crucial role of education in the development of more inclusive societies. Dewey’s approach suggests significant guidelines for contemporary democratic education in times of anxiety, disaffection, and distress since his insights anticipated crucial issues within current economic and sociopolitical debate on human and social growth and development.

scholarly journals Understanding democratic education policy queerly: Toward a queer democratic framework

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 90
Author(s):  
Bethy Leonardi ◽  
Michele S. Moses
Keyword(s):  
Education Policy ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Democratic Theory ◽  
Democratic Education ◽  
Integrated Framework ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
Education Policy Analysis ◽  
Education Act ◽  
Policy Discussion

The aim of this paper is to bring together concepts and commitments from both liberal and queer theories with the purpose of designing an integrated framework for equity-focused education policy analysis and implementation. In essence, we aim to build a conceptual bridge between queer and liberal democratic theories and to develop what we call a “queer democratic framework” for policy analysis and implementation. We use the case of the Fair Accurate Inclusive and Respectful Education Act (FAIR) throughout this paper as an exemplar of how queer policy analysis and implementation change the terms of the policy discussion. We argue that as an example of a policy that comes out of liberal democratic theory, FAIR can only go so far. It is symbolic and positive, but cannot reach emancipatory aims in practice without queer analysis and implementation.

Madness, recovery and moral agency

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neely Myers ◽  
Alison Hamilton ◽  
Byron Good
Keyword(s):  
Moral Agency

Kämpfe um Bergbau und die Möglichkeiten demokratischer Transformation

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (189) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Dietz
Keyword(s):  
Direct Democracy ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
The Political ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
Political Effects ◽  
Mining Project ◽  
National Governments ◽  
The Relationship

The article explores the political effects of popular consultations as a means of direct democracy in struggles over mining. Building on concepts from participatory and materialist democracy theory, it shows the transformative potentials of processes of direct democracy towards democratization and emancipation under, and beyond, capitalist and liberal democratic conditions. Empirically the analysis is based on a case study on the protests against the La Colosa gold mining project in Colombia. The analysis reveals that although processes of direct democracy in conflicts over mining cannot transform existing class inequalities and social power relations fundamentally, they can nevertheless alter elements thereof. These are for example the relationship between local and national governments, changes of the political agenda of mining and the opening of new spaces for political participation, where previously there were none. It is here where it’s emancipatory potential can be found.

Liberal Internationalism from George W. Bush to Barack Obama

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Smith
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Barack Obama ◽  
Democratic Peace ◽  
War On Terrorism ◽  
Global War On Terrorism ◽  
Liberal Internationalism ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Global War

This chapter examines the United States' liberal democratic internationalism from George W. Bush to Barack Obama. It first considers the Bush administration's self-ordained mission to win the “global war on terrorism” by reconstructing the Middle East and Afghanistan before discussing the two time-honored notions of Wilsonianism espoused by Democrats to make sure that the United States remained the leader in world affairs: multilateralism and nation-building. It then explores the liberal agenda under Obama, whose first months in office seemed to herald a break with neoliberalism, and his apparent disinterest in the rhetoric of democratic peace theory, along with his discourse on the subject of an American “responsibility to protect” through the promotion of democracy abroad. The chapter also analyzes the Obama administration's economic globalization and concludes by comparing the liberal internationalism of Bush and Obama.

Reagan ’s Democratic Revolution

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Smith
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
American Foreign Policy ◽  
World Order ◽  
Current Strength ◽  
Apparent Contradiction ◽  
Free Markets ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Democratic Revolution ◽  
Constructive Engagement

This chapter examines Ronald Reagan's commitment to the tenets of liberal democratic internationalism, and in particular his promotion of a global “democratic revolution” characterized by an apparent contradiction between activism and moderation in American foreign policy. It begins with a discussion of the Reagan administration's strategy that called for a a minimal effort on its part to realize its vision of a world order dominated by democratic governments, with emphasis on three key operational programs: “constructive engagement”; the push for antistatist, free markets abroad; and the Reagan Doctrine. The chapter then considers the role played by the Reagan administration's policies to the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and the succeeding prestige of democratic governance worldwide. It argues that the American role in the spread of democracy worldwide in the twentieth century was a necessary, but not sufficient, cause for the current strength of democratic government.

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