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Charles L. Glenn

The Ambiguous Embrace

Government and Faith-Based Schools and Social Agencies

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This is a time of far-reaching change and debate in American education and social policy, spurred in part by a rediscovery that civil-society institutions are often better than government at meeting human needs. As Charles Glenn shows in this book, faith-based schools and social agencies have been particularly effective, especially in meeting the needs of the most vulnerable. However, many oppose providing public funds for religious institutions, either on the grounds that it would threaten the constitutional separation of church and state or from concern it might dilute or secularize the distinctive character of the institutions themselves.… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-691-09280-5
  • EAN: 9780691092805
  • Produktnummer: 1339643
  • Verlag: Princeton University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
  • Seitenangabe: 332 S.
  • Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.9 cm 511 g
  • Abbildungen: Paperback
  • Gewicht: 511

Über den Autor


Charles L. Glenn is Professor and Chairman of Administration, Training, and Policy Studies at Boston University School of Education. His previous books include The Myth of the Common School, Choice of School in Six Nations, Educational Freedom in Eastern Europe, and Educating Immigrant Children: Schools and Language Minorities in Twelve Nations. Peter L. Berger is University Professor and Director of the Institute for the Study of Economic Culture at Boston University.

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