{"product_id":"civics-beyond-critics","title":"Civics Beyond Critics","description":"\u003cp\u003eShould character formation be a goal of civic education in a liberal democracy?  In addition to teaching knowledge and skills, should civic education shape children's values, beliefs, preferences, habits, identities, and sentiments? Most contemporary political and educational theorists who address these questions respond with a heavily qualified yes.  They argue that education for civil character is vital to the survival and flourishing of liberal democracy but its\n\u003cbr\u003econtent must be strictly limited to avoid compromising its recipients' ability to think and act as critically autonomous citizens. This means that civic character education should not extend beyond\n\u003cbr\u003einculcating in children the basic and universal moral values that constitute the ideal of liberal democracy itself.     Civics Beyond Critics argues that this orthodox view is wrong to prioritize critical autonomy over three other valuable character traits that have traditionally been fostered by civic education: law-abidingness, civic identification, and support for the fundamental political institutions of one's society.  But the best alternative is not simply\n\u003cbr\u003eto reverse the priority.  The goal of this book is to show how we can recognize the value of the kinds of character formation that civic education has traditionally involved without losing the portion of the\n\u003cbr\u003etruth that can be found in the orthodox view.  Civics Beyond Critics warns against neglecting character traits that, although commonly labeled 'conservative', are realistically essential for the future of all liberal democracies.   Oxford Political Theory presents the best new work in contemporary political theory. It is intended to be broad in scope, including original contributions to political philosophy, and also work in applied political theory. The\n\u003cbr\u003eseries will contain works of outstanding quality with no restriction as to approach or subject matter. Series Editors: Will Kymlicka, David Miller, and Alan Ryan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46060921651438,"sku":"9780198733614","price":131.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780198733614.jpg?v=1736524419","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/civics-beyond-critics","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}