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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785211103321

Autore

Crick Bernard

Titolo

Active citizenship [[electronic resource] ] : what could it achieve and how? / / edited by Bernard Crick and Andrew Lockyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-7486-7193-5

1-282-89979-1

9786612899799

0-7486-4322-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CrickBernard <1929-2008.>

LockyerAndrew

Disciplina

323.60941

Soggetti

Citizenship - Great Britain

Political participation - Great Britain

Social participation - Great Britain

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

COVER; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Prolegomenon; Contributors; Introduction; 1. Civic Republicanism and Citizenship: the Challenge for Today; 2. Active Citizenship and Labour; 3. The Fourth Principle: Sharing Power with the People of Scotland; 4. Power and Public Services: for Customers or Citizens?; 5. Active Citizenship: Gender Equality and Democracy; 6. What can Active Citizenship Achieve for Schools and through Schools?; 7. Active Citizenship: Multiculturalism and Mutual Understanding; 8. Active Citizenship: for Integrating the Immigrants

9. Democratic Citizenship and Lifelong Active Learning10. Active Citizenship for Europe and International Understanding; 11. Young People as Active Political Citizens; 12. Active Citizenship and Sharing Power in Scotland: the Need to Go Beyond Devolution; 13. Identity Politics: Multiculturalism, Britishness and Europe; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Considers the possibilities for active citizenship within areas of broad concern in UK politics: young people and justice; parliaments with the people; women and equality; integrating immigrants; multiculturalism;



schools; community; social inclusion and poverty; Europe; nationalisms and Britishness.