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Citation |
Nakata SM. Politics 2008; 28(1): 19-25. |
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(Copyright © 2008, Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom and Blackwell Publishing, Publisher John Wiley and Sons) |
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Abstract |
In 1957, Hannah Arendt argued against the legally enforced desegregation of public schools in the American South. She argued that African Americans had mistaken schools and education for a site of political debate, when they properly belonged to a social realm instead. This article disagrees and reconsiders Arendt's separation between the social and political realms. Arendt also took exception to the role Elizabeth Eckford, a 15-year-old, played in this debate. It is argued here that Elizabeth Eckford's actions were deeply political and give rise to a need to consider the possibility of children's political agency. |