Social class, social action, and education
Subtitle: the failure of progressive democracy
By: Aaron Schutz
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780230105911
Description: "Middle-class progressives in the early twentieth century wanted to transform a corrupt and chaotic industrial America into an "authentic" democracy, but they were arguably led astray by their privilege. Focused on enhancing the voices of individuals, generations of progressives remained blind to the rich culture of "democratic solidarity" infusing labor unions and organizing in poor communities. This book traces the problematic evolution of progressive democracy in America, focusing on schools as a key site of progressive practice. At the same time, it examines alternative strategies for developing more empowering approaches to democratic education and collective action"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART I: OVERVIEW * Social Class and Social Action * PART II: COLLABORATIVE PROGRESSIVISM * John Dewey's Conundrum: Can Democratic Schools Empower? * John Dewey and a "Paradox of Size": Faith at the Limits of Experience * PART III: PERSONALIST PROGRESSIVISM * The Lost Vision of 1920s Personalists * The Free Schools Movement * PART IV: DEMOCRATIC SOLIDARITY * Community Organizing: A Working-Class Approach to Democratic Empowerment * PART V: CASE STUDY * Social Class and Social Action in the Civil Rights Movement * PART VI: CONCLUSION * Building Bridges?