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The Professions and Civic Life.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (244 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498536219
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Professions and Civic LifeDDC classification:
  • 323.60973
LOC classification:
  • JK1759 -- .P764 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Role of Political Science and Political Scientists in Civic Education -- Chapter Two: Educating for Liberty? -- Chapter Three: Tocqueville's "Most Powerful Barrier" -- Chapter Four: America's Military Profession -- Chapter Five: Economists and Res Publica -- Chapter Six: Physician, Heal Thyself -- Chapter Seven: Journalism and Citizenship -- Chapter Eight: The Literary Profession and Civic Culture -- Chapter Nine: The Practice of Science in a Democratic Society -- Chapter Ten: Architects and Citizenship -- Chapter Eleven: Music and Civic Life in America -- Chapter Twelve: History in the Age of Fracture -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Editor -- About the Contributors.
Summary: This book calls for a renewed examination of the professions as public or semi-public institutions with significant influence on civic culture. It offers a treatment of twelve different professions, showing how each traditionally understood itself, how it functioned within society, and how it understands itself today.
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Role of Political Science and Political Scientists in Civic Education -- Chapter Two: Educating for Liberty? -- Chapter Three: Tocqueville's "Most Powerful Barrier" -- Chapter Four: America's Military Profession -- Chapter Five: Economists and Res Publica -- Chapter Six: Physician, Heal Thyself -- Chapter Seven: Journalism and Citizenship -- Chapter Eight: The Literary Profession and Civic Culture -- Chapter Nine: The Practice of Science in a Democratic Society -- Chapter Ten: Architects and Citizenship -- Chapter Eleven: Music and Civic Life in America -- Chapter Twelve: History in the Age of Fracture -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Editor -- About the Contributors.

This book calls for a renewed examination of the professions as public or semi-public institutions with significant influence on civic culture. It offers a treatment of twelve different professions, showing how each traditionally understood itself, how it functioned within society, and how it understands itself today.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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