Civility and Democratic Education

• Main Author: Peterson, Andrew (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Citizenship Education for the 21st Century,
• Subjects: Educational sociology.; Education-Philosophy.; Higher education.; Sociology of Education.; Educational Philosophy.; Higher Education.

This book explores how and why civility contributes to a vibrant democratic society, and how it can be fostered and cultivated as a key part of democratic education. It suggests that civility only makes sense as a civic virtue if it is conceived in relation to civic friendship, concord and fellow-fe...

Table of Contents:

• 1 The "Plight of Civility" Today
• 2 Civil Conduct: Tolerance, Deliberation and the Possibility of "Justified Incivility"
• 3 Civility and Mutual Fellow-Feeling
• 4 Educating Civility in Schools
• 5 Moving Beyond the "Plight of Civility" and Future Research on Civility and Democratic Education.