Civic Fragmentation or Voluntary Association? Habermas, Fraser, and Charter School Segregation

Autor/in	Wilson, Terri S.
Titel	Civic Fragmentation or Voluntary Association? Habermas, Fraser, and Charter School Segregation
Quelle	In: Educational Theory, 60 (2010) 6, S.643-664 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-2004
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-5446.2010.00382.x
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Charter Schools; Persuasive Discourse; Inclusion; Public Sector; Educational Change; Role of Education; Pattern Recognition; Social Isolation; School Choice + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Charter school; Charter-Schule; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Inklusion; Öffentlicher Sektor; Bildungsreform; Bildungsauftrag; Mustererkennung; Soziale Isolation; Choice of school; Schulwahl
Abstract	In this essay, Terri Wilson puts the argument developed by Kathleen Knight Abowitz that charter schools could be considered as counterpublic spaces into interaction with empirical research that explores patterns of voluntary self-segregation in charter schools. Wilson returns to the theoretical tension between Jurgen Habermas and Nancy Fraser over the inclusivity of the public sphere. Wilson argues that Fraser's concept of counterpublic space rests on an oversimplification of Habermas's concept of the public sphere and, further, that justifying school choice through Fraser's "multiplicity of publics" offers few resources for questioning the increasing segregation of schools. According to Wilson, Habermas's normative project--and his concept of "idealization," in particular--offers both an answer to Fraser's critique and a better application of "the public sphere" to the issue of school choice. Wilson concludes by considering how Habermas's understanding of the public sphere as a normative ideal might serve as a useful resource for evaluating the public-ness of charter school reform. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10