Education and civic engagement
Abstract
One of the most fundamental and recurring questions in economics involves how we should understand the proper division of human activity across the public and the private sectors. The field of education is certainly no exception. Public-sector involvement in virtually all forms of formal educational activity is both diverse and extensive. Correspondingly, the intellectual justifications for education-related public policies and institutions reflect a broad variety of distinct normative concerns. However, a conjecture that is central to claims about the importance of government involvement in education is the substantive ...
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