Text aus www.fachportal-paedagogik.de: The essays in this book address fundamental questions of democracy (specifically, democracy in the United States), education, and the schools, and the interrelationships among the three.... The first part ... addresses the several meanings of democracy, the relationship between democracy and nurturance of the self, and the relationship between democracy and ecology.... The second part of the book ... shifts from an examination of democracy to a consideration of education and schooling in relation to democracy.... The third part ... centers on what happens and what needs to happen in schools, given the connections between democracy, education and schooling. (DIPF/text taken from the original).