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30 - Populist Challenges to Democratic Education

from Part Four - Challenges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2023

By
Jürgen Oelkers
Edited by
Julian Culp ,
Johannes Drerup  and
Douglas Yacek
Julian Culp
Affiliation:
The American University of Paris, France
Johannes Drerup
Affiliation:
Universität Dortmund
Douglas Yacek
Affiliation:
Universität Dortmund
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Summary

“Populism” is a much used but still rather vague term employed mostly in political but also in educational discourses. To understand what is meant by “populist challenges to democratic education” this chapter first analyzes the historical relations between liberal democracy and public education. I then refer to a discussion of “populism” using a social-political definition of the term that was coined by American sociologist Edward Shils. This is followed by a discussion of populist changes in public discourse and education created by new media. My main focus is on the populist challenges to systems education systems and the challenges of populist positions in education itself. Finally, I will suggest the perspectives that remain for democratic education.

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populismdemocracydemocratic educationpublic schoolsschool warspopulist challenges
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The Cambridge Handbook of Democratic Education , pp. 512 - 530
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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