Citizenship and Political Education Today

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.

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MADELEINE ARNOT is Fellow of Jesus College and Reader in Sociology of Education at the University of Cambridge, UK NIGEL CLARK is Lecturer in Human Geography at the Open University, UK IAN DAVIES is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of York, UK JO-ANNE DILLABOUGH is Professor of Education at the University of University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada ROB GILBERT is Associate Professor in the School of Education at James Cook University, Australia FRANK HOFFMEISTER works for the European Commission SLYVIA HOGARTH is Research Fellow in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of York, UK COSMO HOWARD is Research Fellow in the Department of Political Science, University of Alberta, Canada KERRY KENNEDY is Professor and Head of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at The Hong Kong Institute of Education, China WENDY KLANDL RICHARDSON is researcher in the College of Education at the University of Maryland, USA AUDREY OSLER is Professor of Education and Director of the Centre for Citizenship Studies in Education at the University of Leicester, UK ELIZABETH RATA is Senior Lecturer at the Auckland College of Education and an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Political Studies at the University of Auckland, New Zealand HUGH STARKEY is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Citizenship Studies in Education at the University of Leicester, UK NICK STEVENSON is Reader in the School of Sociology andSocial Policy at the University of Nottingham, UK BARBARA THOMASS is Professor of Media Studies at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany JUDITH TORNEY-PURTA is Professor of Human Development in the College of Education at the University of Maryland, USA

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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.Demaine