Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 The Promise and Paradox of Community -- Life in an ethnic community -- From ethnic community to bilingual primary teacher -- A return to theory -- Concepts of 'community' -- On the school treadmill: what do we need to be doing now?! -- PART I: Community and Education -- CHAPTER 2 Community Directives for Schooling -- Aims and objectives -- Schools and communities -- Community schools -- Communities of interest -- Community in the curriculum -- Norms and practices in the schools -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 3 Tensions Inherent in Community -- Internal norms and practices -- Exclusivity and community -- Dominant community practices toward non-members -- Should we dismiss the notion of 'community'? -- Can a normative theory mitigate tensions found in promoting community? -- CHAPTER 4 Valuing Community -- Purported benefits of belonging to a community -- The need for communities -- PART II: Developing a Liberal Conception of Community -- CHAPTER 5 A Liberal Conception of Community -- Principles of liberty and equality -- A fair system of social cooperation -- Burdens of Judgement -- Reasonable pluralism -- Liberal communities and the limits within reasonable pluralism -- CHAPTER 6 Permissible Communities in Liberal Education -- The Anglo-European School -- Muslim faith communities and liberal education -- Bethany Baptist Academy -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 7 Liberal Communities in Schools -- A capacity for a conception of the good -- A capacity for a sense of justice and a well-ordered society -- Conclusion -- PART III: Community, Schools and Society -- CHAPTER 8 Communities and Society -- From feudal to modern society: the changing dynamics of community -- Social conditions and communities in contemporary society -- Opportunities for liberal communities -- Communities, schools and society.

CHAPTER 9 Communties in a Changing Education Environment -- Challenges -- Reconciling tensions of educational inequalities between school communities -- Liberal communities and contemporary school conditions -- CHAPTER 10 Envisaging Liberal Communities -- Liberal communities -- Future considerations -- Schools of inspiration -- Conclusion -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.