Second-Class Citizenship : Sociological Analyses and Educational Remedies / edited by Eric Mutabazi, Nathanaël Wallenhorst.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mutabazi, Éric, Editor.

Wallenhorst, Nathanaël, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Citizenship--Study and teaching.

Citizenship.

Social work education.

Educational sociology.

Citizenship Education.

Social Work Education.

Sociology of Education.

Local Subjects:

Education.

Citizenship Education.

Social Work Education.

Sociology of Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VII, 319 p. 1 illus.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2025.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2025.

Summary:

A number of features of the contemporary period are preventing people from exercising their citizenship: the acceleration and permanent change in the conditions shaping habitability of planet Earth, the digital and techno-scientific revolution, the rise of religious and political radicalisation, the explosion of social inequalities, the hegemony of the economic drive to maximise individual interests, etc. For many individuals, citizenship appears to be prevented at the first hurdle. What is more, though officially or legally, it is not possible to speak of second-class citizenship-- so what can be done when the actors themselves use such terminology? There is something essential here which must be taken into account as a basis for thinking about the social, its inequalities and its injustices. The authors of this book propose the notion of 'second-class citizenship' as a way of thinking about the scale of contemporary social and political inequalities. In view of this observation, the contributors outline a movement based on the conviction that education is the repository of the power to prepare for the future. How can we learn to build a shared world together and overcome the obstacles that prevent us from doing so? How can we learn new habits of relationships marked by responsibility and hospitality? The collective reflection in this book lends credence to the way in which players talk about their experience, even experiencing differences in their ability to participate in the mechanisms of power. This book presents empirical studies and conceptual tools for thinking about the impact of economic factors on the ways in which citizens participate in the decisions of power. This book is particularly suited for educators as well as policy-makers and researchers. .

Contents:

PartI: Thinking about Citizenship in terms of the Difficulities Involed in Exercising It

The challenges of citizenship in education when vulnerable citizens define themselves as "second-class citizens"

Thinking about citizenship from the perspective of the forgotten

Homeless people: citizens in a situation of sub-citizenship?

The challenges of citizenship for unaccompanied minor migrants in France

Illiteracy and citizenship: a depiction of the state of play through three portraits of adults experiencing great difficulty in relation to writing

Preparing for the future and citizenship at different ages of life – especially in its second half.-Responsible citizens or led leaders? The case of bosses in France

Citizenship Challenged by Social Classes in Brazil and France

PartII: Elements of Political Education

Citizenship facing difficulties in Rwanda: how has ethnicity prevented the formation of a community of citizens?

Global citizenship and cosmopolitan education

Childhood: a time sheltered from citizenship?

From downgrading in the juvenile experience to an education in politics

Citizenship and adult education: the place of experience.-Teaching and raising awareness among students about the challenges of social justice: an educational device promoting exchanges between French and Swedish students

Participation of the most disadvantaged, Epistemic justice and capabilities to act

Digital: a tool for more citizen participation in election campaign? Between display and fluctuation around the concept of citizen participation during the French presidential election of 2012

PartIII: Some Thoughts on the challenge of contemporary citizenship

The civic efficacy of civic service, put to the test by social inequalities

Let's Get Civilized! From citizenship as power to citizenship as potency

A Critique of Citizenship through Practice

The individual in the city: reflection on citizenship according to Paul Ricœur

Transculturality

The time of citizenship: a time to come?

Towards citizenship for animals?.

ISBN:

3-031-82844-5