Review: Harry C. Boyte (Ed.). Democracy’s Education: Public Work, Citizenship, & The Future of Colleges and Universities, reviewed by Erin Brock Carlson

Reflections on the intricate relationships between labor and intellectualism, jobs and vocations, and institutions and communities are woven throughout Harry C. Boyte’s edited collection, Democracy’s Education: Public Work, Citizenship, & The Future of Colleges and Universities. This 27-chapter book is a product of the American Commonwealth Partnership, an intra-institutional project initiated to re-theorize the role of higher education in a contemporary democratic society. While the collection features a host of different arguments, it succeeds in placing these voices in vibrant conversation with another, encouraging readers to construct their own opinions on democracy’s place at all levels of education.

 

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