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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459387703321

Titolo

Globalization, the nation-state and the citizen : dilemmas and directions for civics and citizenship education / / edited by Alan Reid, Judith Gill and Alan Sears

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-99530-7

1-282-56985-6

9786612569852

0-203-85511-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in education ; ; 34

Altri autori (Persone)

GillJudith <1942->

ReidAlan (Alan D.)

SearsAlan M

Disciplina

370.11/5

370.115

Soggetti

Citizenship

Citizenship - Study and teaching

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part A: Introduction; 1 The Forming of Citizens in a Globalising World; Part B: Case Studies; 2 In Whose Interest?: Australian Schooling and the Changing Contexts of Citizenship; 3 Education, Citizenship and the Construction of a New Democracy in Brazil; 4 South African Post-Apartheid Realities and Citizenship Education; 5 Citizenship Education in Pakistan: Changing Policies and Practices in Changing Social-Political Contexts; 6 The Dilemmas of Singapore's National Education in the Global Society

7 State and Civil Society Embattled in Colonialism, Capitalism and Nationalism: Civic Education and its Politics in Hong Kong8 England: Searching for Citizenship; 9 Perceptions of the Past and Education of Future Citizens in Contemporary Russia; 10 'Common-Sense Citizenship', 'Citizenship Tourism' and Citizenship Education in an Era



of Globalisation: The Case of Ireland During the Celtic Tiger Era; 11 A Paradigm Shift in the Political Culture and in Educating for Citizenship?: The Case of the United States of America; 12 The State and the Citizen in Mexican Civic Education: An Evolving Story

13 Possibilities and Problems: Citizenship Education in a Multinational State: The Case of CanadaSection C: Reflections and Analysis; 14 Oppositions and Possibilities; 15 Citizenship and the Nation-State: Affinity, Identity and Belonging; 16 Neo-Statism and Post-Globalisation as Contexts for New Times; 17 Politics, Citizenship Education Policy in Twelve Countries and Cosmopolitanism: A Commentary; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The past decade has seen an explosion of interest in civics and citizenship education. There have been unprecedented developments in citizenship education taking place in schools, adult education centers, or in the less formally structured spaces of media images and commentary around the world. This book provides an overview of the development of civics and citizenship education policy across a range of nation states. The contributors, all widely respected scholars in the field of civics and citizenship education, provide a thorough understanding of the different ways in which citizenship h