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Author Boyte, Harry C., 1945-

Title Awakening democracy through public work : pedagogies of empowerment / Harry C. Boyte, with Marie-Louise Ström, Isak Tranvik, Tami L. Moore, Susan O'Connor, and Donna R. Patterson
Published Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 210 pages)
Contents Cover; Title Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Movement for Civic Repair; 1. Reinventing Citizen Politics; 2. Education as a Civic Question; 3. Public Work in Context; 4. Building Worlds, Transforming Lives, Making History; 5. Public Work Abroad; 6. The Power of Big Ideas; 7. Tackling the Empowerment Gap; 8. Artisans of the Common Good; 9. A Democratic Awakening; Notes; Index
Summary Citizens as co-creators, builders of communities and democracy, not simply voters and volunteers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Public Achievement (Program)
Service learning.
Community and school.
Group work in education.
Democracy and education.
Teaching teams.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship
Teaching teams
Community and school
Democracy and education
Group work in education
Service learning
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780826522191
082652219X