Active citizenship : what could it achieve and how? / edited by Bernard Crick and Andrew Lockyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crick, Bernard, Author.

Contributor:

Crick, Bernard, 1929-2008.

Lockyer, Andrew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--Great Britain.

Citizenship.

Political participation--Great Britain.

Political participation.

Social participation--Great Britain.

Social participation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612899799

9780748671939

0748671935

9781282899797

1282899791

9780748643226

0748643222

OCLC:

681351158