CHAPTER 1 The Promise and Paradox of 1
Community
Life in an ethnic community 2
From ethnic community to bilingual 4
primary teacher
A return to theory 6
Concepts of 'community' 7
On the school treadmill: what do we need 11
to be doing now?!

PART I Community and Education
CHAPTER 2 Community Directives for Schooling 17
Aims and objectives 17
Schools and communities 22
Community schools 24
Communities of interest 32
Community in the curriculum 34
Norms and practices in the schools 38
Conclusion 39
CHAPTER 3 Tensions Inherent in Community 42
Internal norms and practices 43
Exclusivity and community 47
Dominant community practices toward 52
non-members
Should we dismiss the notion of 54
'community'?
Can a normative theory mitigate tensions 56
found in promoting community?
CHAPTER 4 Valuing Community 58
Purported benefits of belonging to a 64
community
The need for communities 71

PART II Developing a Liberal Conception of
Community
CHAPTER 5 A Liberal Conception of Community 75
Principles of liberty and equality 76
A fair system of social cooperation 78
Burdens of judgement 85
Reasonable pluralism 87
Liberal communities and the limits within 96
reasonable pluralism
CHAPTER 6 Permissible Communities in Liberal 99
Education
The Anglo-European School 101
Muslim faith communities and liberal 102
education
Bethany Baptist Academy 114
Conclusion 119
CHAPTER 7 Liberal Communities in Schools 121
A capacity for a conception of the good 122
A capacity for a sense of justice and a well- 129
ordered society
Conclusion 138

PART III Community, Schools and Society
CHAPTER 8 Communities and Society 143
From feudal to modem society: the 144
changing dynamics of community
Social conditions and communities in 146
contemporary society
Opportunities for liberal communities 154
Communities, schools and society 156
CHAPTER 9 Communties in a Changing Education 158
Environment
Challenges 158
Reconciling tensions of educational 170
inequalities between school communities
Liberal communities and contemporary 173
school conditions
CHAPTER 10 Envisaging Liberal Communities 175
Liberal communities 176
Future considerations 178
Schools of inspiration 181
Conclusion 186