Democracy, Citizenship and Youth

by Itamar Silva
Democracy, Citizenship and Youth
Author: Itamar Silva
Publisher: IDRC
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2009-08-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1848850484
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What is the place of young people in society today? This book presents a searching and comprehensive picture of youth, demonstrating both its diversity and singularity, and helping to dispel many of the myths, discriminations, stigmas and prejudices attached to this segment of society. Drawing on a vast empirical research exercise including over 8000 interviews and 40 focus groups in eight metropolitan areas of Brazil, this book explores the most important aspects of young people's social participation and the resulting challenges for public policy. With clear resonance beyond Brazil, this research is designed to inform youth policy strategies in the developing and developed world.

What Kind of Citizen?

by Joel Westheimer
What Kind of Citizen?
Author: Joel Westheimer
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2024
Genre: Education
ISBN: 080776972X
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"What kind of citizen is no ordinary education book. By drawing on accessible and engaging discussions around the goals of schooling, it is imminently readable by a broad public. Neither fluff nor polemic, the theory and practice described in the book are based in solid empirical research and come out of the most influential frameworks for citizenship and democratic education of the last several decades (the "Three Kinds of Citizens" framework that emerged from collaboration between the author and Dr. Joseph Kahne as well as consultations with thousands of school teachers and civic leaders.) - This framework has been used in 67 countries to help teachers and school reformers think about how to structure educational programs and how schools can strengthen democratic societies. - This book pulls together a decade of research on schools into one place giving the reader a comprehensive look at why schools should be at the forefront of public engagement and how we can make that happen"--

Democracy, Civic Engagement, and Citizenship in Higher Education

by William V. Flores
Democracy, Civic Engagement, and Citizenship in Higher Education
Author: William V. Flores
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 411
Release: 2019-05-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1498590950
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In the most recent Democracy Index, the Economic Intelligence Unit downgraded the United States from a “full democracy” to a “flawed democracy.” Democracy, Civic Engagement, and Citizenship in Higher Education takes a hard look at the state of American democracy today through the lens of one of the nation’s most important actors: colleges and universities. Democracy is more than voting: it includes a wide range of democratic practices and depends on a culture of civic participation. Critical for strengthening democracy is the role that higher education leaders play in educating their constituencies about their responsibilities of citizenship. During a period of time when higher education is under pressure to meet 21st century workforce needs, the authors here exhort to remember the public mission of education to serve the needs of the democracy, a government by the people means that the people must be ready to govern. It is in this spirit that these stories are offered to show how institutions across the country are reclaiming and reinvigorating one of the essential pillars upon which American democracy is based.

Young People, Citizenship and Political Participation

by Mark Chou
Young People, Citizenship and Political Participation
Author: Mark Chou
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Citizenship
ISBN: 9781783489930
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Explores whether, and how, young people work with and against contemporary politics at institutional and grassroots levels.

SAGE Handbook of Education for Citizenship and Democracy

by James Arthur
SAGE Handbook of Education for Citizenship and Democracy
Author: James Arthur
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 594
Release: 2008-07-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1473971578
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This handbook brings together new work by some of the leading authorities on citizenship education, and is divided into five sections. The first section deals with key ideas about citizenship education including democracy, rights, globalization and equity. Section two contains a wide range of national case studies of citizenship education including African, Asian, Australian, European and North and South American examples. The third section focuses on perspectives about citizenship education with discussions about key areas such as sustainable development, anti-racism, gender. Section four provides insights into different characterisations of citizenship education with illustrations of democratic schools, peace and conflict education, global education, human rights education etc. The final section provides a series of chapters on the pedagogy of citizenship education with discussions about curriculum, teaching, learning and assessment.

Democratic Citizenship Education in Non-Western Contexts

by Serhiy Kovalchuk
Democratic Citizenship Education in Non-Western Contexts
Author: Serhiy Kovalchuk
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2020-06-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000024105
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This book examines the issues of theorizing citizenship education research in non-Western societies that have embarked on democratic development after the fall of authoritarianism and colonialism. Despite a proliferation of studies on citizenship and citizenship education in non-Western contexts, there has been limited theorization of this research and little discussion of the applicability to such contexts of Western theoretical frameworks. This volume addresses these issues through empirical case studies of citizenship conceptions, practices, and education in South and West Africa, Latin America, Central Europe, and the Middle East. The contributors to the volume call into question the uncritical application of Western theoretical frameworks to non-Western societies and advocate for the development and wider application of new paradigms rooted in local processes and indigenous knowledge to better understand and theorize citizenship and citizenship education in such societies. This volume will be of interest to scholars, researchers, and practitioners working in the field of comparative and international citizenship education. It was originally published as a special issue of Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education.

Political Identity and Democratic Citizenship in Turbulent Times

by Kristensen, Niels Noergaard
Political Identity and Democratic Citizenship in Turbulent Times
Author: Kristensen, Niels Noergaard
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2020-06-19
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1799836789
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Turbulent times challenge democratic politics and governance in Western countries. Party systems, in many instances, have failed to produce solutions to vital policy problems, like immigration, state borders, welfare, or environmental issues. While subjective perceptions of macroeconomic outcomes are consistently related to political trust at the micro level, few studies have explored how individuals develop political engagement and identity. New insights are needed from studies focusing on how people become politically active and how political identities develop. Political Identity and Democratic Citizenship in Turbulent Times is a critical scholarly research publication that investigates, discusses, deconstructs, analyzes, and tests the concept of political identity and its evolving role in modern democracy. Moreover, it explores the contours of politics and brings together studies that examine the democratic potential of a diversity of participatory spheres, institutions, and arenas. Highlighting topics such as political culture, consumerism, and welfare states, this book is ideal for politicians, policymakers, government officials, sociologists, historians, academicians, professionals, researchers, and students.

Civic Learning, Democratic Citizenship and the Public Sphere

by Gert Biesta
Civic Learning, Democratic Citizenship and the Public Sphere
Author: Gert Biesta
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2013-10-07
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9400772599
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This books explores the relationships between learning, democratic citizenship and the public sphere from thee interconnected angles: theory, methodology and research. The main message of the book is that civic learning necessarily has a public character, as it is learning that emerges from engagement in democratic processes and practices that occur both at the centre and the margins of society. Through a combination of theoretical development, methodological reflection and empirical case study, the chapters in the book provide new insights in the complexities of learning in the context of the ongoing struggle for democracy.