ISBN10: 069109280X, ISBN13: 9780691092805, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover
[Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2002]
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ISBN10: 069109280X, ISBN13: 9780691092805, [publisher: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press] Softcover XII, 315 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Minimally rubbed/stained, overall very good and clean. / Minimal berieben/angeschmutzt, insgesamt sehr gut und sauber. - 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. Glenn tackles these arguments head on. He builds a uniquely comprehensive and persuasive case for faith-based organizations playing a far more active role in American schools and social agencies. And, most importantly, he shows that they could do so both while receiving public funds and while striking a workable balance between accountability and autonomy. This is a major contribution to one of the most important topics in political and social debate ...

ISBN10: 069109280X, ISBN13: 9780691092805, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover
[Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2002]