Citizenship and Political Education Today brings together essays from leading researchers around the world including discussion of politics and education in England, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, Norway and the wider European Union. The contributors examine vital issues surrounding the engagement of citizens in politics and political institutions, particularly the role of education in encouraging active citizenship.
Author(s): Jack Demaine
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 263
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables and Figures......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Notes on the Contributors......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
Citizenship Education and Cultural Diversity in France and England......Page 18
Cultural Citizenship......Page 41
Anticipated Political Engagement among Adolescents in Australia, England, Norway and the United States......Page 58
Kaupapa Maori Education in New Zealand......Page 76
Great Expectations: Political Education and Political Culture in Australia......Page 92
Elite Constructions of Civic Education in Australia......Page 107
Citizenship and Ecological Obligations......Page 124
European Rights: Citizen Rights or Human Rights?......Page 141
Citizenship and Public Broadcasting in Europe......Page 158
A Magnified Image of Female
Citizenship in Education: Illusions
of Democracy or Liberal
Challenges to Symbolic
Domination?......Page 175
Political Literacy: Issues for Teachers and Learners......Page 198
Citizenship Education and Globalization......Page 217
Bibliography......Page 229
Index......Page 247
