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Locke, Tocqueville, and Civic Education: A Conversation with Jeffrey Sikkenga

Locke, Tocqueville, and Civic Education: A Conversation with Jeffrey Sikkenga

Update: 2023-04-28

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Why is education so important in a democracy? Are democracies capable of producing the citizens they need? What do John Locke and Alexis de Tocqueville have to teach us about education in a liberal democracy? Jeffrey Sikkenga, Executive Director of the Ashbrook Center, joins Madison's Notes to answer these questions and more.

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Locke, Tocqueville, and Civic Education: A Conversation with Jeffrey Sikkenga

Locke, Tocqueville, and Civic Education: A Conversation with Jeffrey Sikkenga

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