Civic Engagement in Changing Contexts: Challenges and Possibilities for Democracy [Paperback]

This book addresses contemporary issues on civic and citizenship education, challenging not just schools but society as a whole. It highlights emerging social influences on civic engagement and democracy in the third decade of the 21st century and analyzes the interaction between these influences and their impact on society. It demonstrates that changes are so complex and the challenges so new that an entirely revised agenda is needed for civic and citizenship education. The book takes society and the changes occurring within it as the starting point and assesses the implications of these changes for schools.1. Civic Engagement: What Is It and Why Is It Important.- 2. Civic Engagement for Fragile Societies  Choosing from Traditional to Radical.- 3. Social Media: The New Civic Engagement?.- 4. Civic Engagement in Extraordinary Times  The Case of COVID 19.- 5. Leading Civic Engagement: What Difference Does Leadership Make?.- 6. Civic Engagement and Democracy:  But Is Democracy Dead?.- 7. Civic Engagement Redeveloped: New Ways to Support Democracy.Professor Kerry J. Kennedy is currently Professor Emeritus and Advisor (Academic Development) at The Education University of Hong Kong. He is also a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg. His research interests are in curriculum policy and theory with a special focus on civic and citizenship education. He is a Co-Editor of the Routledge International Handbook of Schools and Schooling in Asia. He is the Series Editor of the Routledge Series on Schools and Schooling in Asia as well as the Asia-Europe Education Dialogue Series. He is the Series Editor of SpringerBriefs on Civic and Citizenship Education in the 21st Century and Co-Editor of the Springer Series on Governance and Citizenship in Asia. He is a Fellow of the Australian College of Educators and a Life Member of tlÓ+