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Spring, Joel – International Journal of Social Education, 1996
Asserts that the representative form of government and the public schools in the United States are not supportive of democracy. Argues that the democratic features of representative government envisioned by the writers of the Constitution were undermined by the growth of the nation's population. Recommends some political and educational…
Descriptors: American Dream, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics, Democracy