Democratic Education In A Globalized World: A Normative Theory (routledge International Studies In The Philosophy Of Education)

Due To The Economic And Social Effects Of Globalization Democracy Is Currently In Crisis In Many States Around The World. This Book Suggests That Solving This Crisis Requires Rethinking Democratic Education. It Argues That Educational Public Policy Must Cultivate Democratic Relationships Not Only Within But Also Across And Between States, And That Such Policy Must Empower Citizens To Exercise Democratic Control In Domestic As Well As In Inter- And Transnational Politics. Democratic Education In A Globalized World Articulates And Defends Democratic Conceptions Of Global Citizenship Education And Educational Justice On The Basis Of A Democratic Understanding Of Global Justice. It Will Be Of Interest To Researchers Across The Fields Of Education, Political Theory, Philosophy, Development, And Postcolonial Studies. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Dedication 6 Table of Contents 8 Preface 9 Acknowledgments 11 Chapter 1: Introduction 14 1 Global problems from an educational perspective 14 2 Contemporary political philosophers’ neglect of education 16 3 Political philosophy of education and philosophy of political education 19 4 The mutual dependence of education and global justice 20 5 Chapter-by-chapter synopsis 26 Notes 29 References 31 Chapter 2: Global democratic justice as the normative ground of educational public policy 37 1 Introduction 37 2 Functionalism 39 3 Human capital formation 40 4 Liberal perfectionist education 42 5 Global democratic justice 46 Justification-baseddemocratic justice 48 A global conception of democratic justice 52 Public autonomy and personal moral autonomy 53 6 Conclusion 57 Notes 58 References 62 Chapter 3: Global democratic educational justice 67 1 Introduction 67 2 Equal educational opportunity 70 From equal moral respect to equal educational opportunity 71 Formal equal educational opportunity 72 Fair equal educational opportunity 74 Radical equal educational opportunity 75 3 Democratic educational adequacy 77 The misapplication objection 78 The natural aristocracy objection 79 The epistemic inaccessibility objection 80 The leveling down objection 81 The parental liberty violation objection 82 4 Democratic educational justice 84 5 A global conception of democratic educational justice 90 6 Conclusion 92 Notes 94 References 97 Chapter 4: Global democratic citizenship education 100 1 Introduction 100 2 Domestic democratic citizenship education 101 Gutmann 102 Anderson and Satz 103 3 Deficits of domestic democratic citizenship education 105 The inapplicability within undemocratic domestic contexts 105 The inapplicability within undemocratic inter-, trans- and supranational contexts 107 The counterproductivity for domestic democracy 110 The counterproductivity for inter-, supra- and transnational democracy 111 4 A global conception of democratic citizenship education 113 Notes 117 References 118 Chapter 5: Global citizenship education as transnational democratic conscientization 122 1 Introduction 122 2 The formation of global consciousness 124 3 Moral cosmopolitan education 126 4 Transnational democratic conscientization 130 Attitudes for transnational democratic conscientization 133 Knowledge for transnational democratic conscientization 136 Skills for transnational democratic conscientization 137 5 Conclusion 140 Notes 143 References 144 Chapter 6: Critiques of autonomy and of education for autonomy 149 1 Introduction 149 2 The illusions of autonomy 151 The transparent self 151 The self-identicaland unitary self 153 The independent self 156 3 Normalization through education for autonomy 159 4 The ideology of education for autonomy 162 5 Conclusion 167 Notes 169 References 170 Chapter 7: Postcolonial critiques of democratic education 174 1 Introduction 174 2 Postcolonial theory 175 3 Western parochialism 177 4 Transnational practices of democratic citizenship education 181 5 Hubris 183 6 Epistemic deficiencies 185 7 Conclusion 187 Notes 189 References 191 Chapter 8: Conclusion 194 1 Introduction 194 2 Global democratic justice as the normative ground of educational public policy 195 3 Global democratic educational justice 197 4 Global democratic citizenship education 199 Notes 200 References 201 Index 203 This book argues that the right to education is a matter of global democratic justice. Education is fundamental to forming citizens who are capable of solving both local and global problems, and so both states and international organisations carry moral responsibility for realising rights to education in all states.