Citizenship and Political Education Today [Paperback]

Citizenship and Political Education Today brings together a collection of essays from around the world; including discussion of politics and education in Australia, The United States of America, New Zealand, Norway, England, France, Germany and the wider European Union. The contributors discuss vital and interesting issues involved in the engagement of citizens in politics and political institutions and the role of education in encouraging education for citizenship. The book is an important contribution to ongoing debates on citizenship.Preface Notes on Contributors Citizenship Education and Cultural Diversity in France and England; A.Osler & H.Starkey Cultural Citizenship; N.Stevenson Anticipated Political Engagement among Adolescents in Australia, England, Norway and the United States; J.Torney-Purta & W.Klandl Richardson Kaupapa Maori Education in New Zealand; E.Rata Great Expectations: Political Education and Political Culture in Australia; R.Gilbert Elite Constructions of Civic Education in Australia; K.Kennedy & C.Howard Citizenship and Ecological Obligations; N.Clark European Rights: Citizen Rights or Human Rights?; F.Hoffmeister Citizenship and Public Broadcasting in Europe; B.Thomass A Magnified Image of Female Citizenship in Education; J-A.Dillabough & M.Arnot Political Literacy: Issues for Teachers and Learners; I.Davies & S.Hogarth Citizenship Education and Globalisation; J.DemaineMADELEINE ARNOT is Fellow of Jesus College and Reader in Sociology of Education at the University of Cambridge, UKNIGEL CLARK is Lecturer in Human Geography at the Open University, UKIAN DAVIES is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of York, UKJO-ANNE DILLABOUGH is Professor of Education at the University of University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CanadaROB GILBERT is Associate Professor in the School of Education at James Cook University, AustraliaFRANK HOFFMEISTER works for the European CommissionSLYVIA HOGARTH is lC˜