Education for Citizenship: Ideas and Innovations in Political Learning

Grant Reeher

Rowman & Littlefield, December 1997

Grant Reeher

Political Science Department

Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Government

United States

Rowman & Littlefield

Education for Citizenship: Ideas and Innovations in Political Learning

This book addresses the challenge of education for citizenship at a specific, concrete level. It offers examples of efforts to create among our students a new set of what Tocqueville called mores or culturally defining "habits of the heart" which will enhance citizenship, foster a sense of connectedness to a community stretching beyond the university, and ultimately, support the practices, basic values, and institutions necessary for the democratic process.