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Deliberative Democracy, a Collaborative Action Oriented Learning Process for a More Sustainable Future

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There has been an increased urgency to debates about both education and governance in our rapidly changing, turbulent and uncertain world. Two very different responses have emerged. On the one hand, there has been a return to fundamental principles: in education, on numeracy and literacy; and in governance, on harsher law and order, for example.

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Hartz-Karp, J., Stocker, L. (2013). Deliberative Democracy, a Collaborative Action Oriented Learning Process for a More Sustainable Future. In: Shultz, L., Kajner, T. (eds) Engaged Scholarship. Comparative and International Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-290-7_9

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