Civic republicanism and civic education : the education of citizens / Andrew Peterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peterson, Andrew, 1976-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--Study and teaching.

Citizenship.

Civics--Study and teaching.

Civics.

Democracy--Study and teaching.

Democracy.

Democracy and education.

Physical Description:

ix, 187 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Summary:

Peterson (Canterbury Christ Church U., UK) explores processes of civic education, focusing primarily on formal teaching and learning of civic education in schools for pupils between the ages of 11 and 16 in contemporary Western democracies, while recognizing that civic education is a diffuse process that also involves the whole system of laws, institutions, and civic participation within political communities across the life-span. He is prompted in the work by a concern that civic republican ideas are being used to frame and inform the aims and purposes of civic education, as well as its curricular content, without a clear understanding of the true nature and complexities of contemporary civic republican thought, including the historical tradition upon which it is based. He addresses what such an understanding might contribute to civics education practices. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The Civic Republican Revival

The Origins of Civic Republican Thought

Civic Obligation and the Common Good

Civic Virtue

Civic Republican Deliberative Democracy

The Expression of Civic Republicanism in Civic Education

A Civic Republican Theory of Civic Education?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230251946

0230251943

OCLC:

698330372