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THE series of Handbooks for Discussion Groups which has been issued by the Association for Education in Citizenship, judging by the four which are here under notice, appears to be admirably designed for the purpose it seeks to serve. There can be no two opinions in a democratic society as to the crucial importance of the organized discussion of the social, economic and political problems which have arisen or are arising out of the War. The pamphlets are based frankly on the idea of democracy and in support of what the enemies of the democracies in this War are attacking under the name of humani-tarianism. Moreover, this conception of fundamental human rights as individuals and as citizens is recognized as carrying the corresponding obligation for the community as a whole of securing for its members the fullest development of which they are capable in both these capacities, and at the same time of training them in respect for the equal rights and freedom of others.
Handbooks for Discussion Groups
No. 1: How to Lead Discussion Groups. By E. M. Hubback. No. 2: The Democratic Idea. By Francis Williams. No. 3: Is Britain a Democracy? By Frank Hardie. No. 4: Our Towns. By Elizabeth E. Halton. Pp. 24 each. (Published for the Association for Education in Citizenship.) (Bickley: English Universities Press, Ltd., 1942.) 3d. net each.
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Handbooks for Discussion Groups. Nature 150, 447 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150447a0
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