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Citizenship Under Fire: Democratic Education in Times of Conflict

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2008

Henry T. Edmondson
Henry T. Edmondson
Affiliation:
Georgia College & State University
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Citizenship Under Fire: Democratic Education in Times of Conflict. By Sigal R. Ben-Porath. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006. 174p. $32.95.

In this volume, Sigal R. Ben-Porath brings several important and useful perspectives to bear on civic education. Her observations are prompted by the special situation created by the U.S. war on terrorism, as well as the unique perspective she is able to offer due to her Israeli background. Both the American and Middle East conflicts are open-ended and often muddled, so that, as Ben-Porath credibly notes, her unique experience with both situations lends her an advantage as she draws lessons for education for citizenship in the modern age. Citizenship Under Fire, then, offers a fresh approach to the all-important question of education for democracy.

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BOOK REVIEWS: POLITICAL THEORY
Information
Perspectives on Politics , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , March 2008 , pp. 159 - 160
Copyright
© 2008 American Political Science Association

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