Reconstructing Democracy and Citizenship Education

This book compares the current status of democracy in selected Eastern European countries, and how its changing status is affecting young people's citizenship activity and education. This volume will be of interest to students and scholars in citizenship and civic education, sociology, political science and Eastern European Studies.

Autorentext

Beata Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz is a psychologist, Associate Professor at University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Head of Department of Clinical, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Science Faculty. ****

Kerry J. Kennedy is Professor Emeritus and Advisor (Academic Development) at The Education University of Hong Kong. He is also a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg.

Inhalt

1. De-Europeanization, populism and illiberalism: Young people and democracy in Central and Eastern Europe Section 1: Democracy Status and Citizenship Engagement - Research Methods and Results 2. Measuring the status of democracy and citizenship activity: Survey development and trialing 3. Young people's citizenship activity and perceptions of democracy status in Central-Eastern Europe: Sample selection and data analysis Section 2: Young People's Citizenship Engagement in Central and Eastern Europe 4. Do young people still need democracy in Poland? - Revisiting the question 30 years later 5. **After 30 transitional years of democracy - How do young people participate in society and evaluate democracy in Hungary? 6. Citizenship activity and democracy perception among young Czechs whose parents 'jingled keys' during the 'Velvet Revolution' 7. Descriptive analysis of Estonian young adults' evaluation of democracy and citizenship engagement 8. Young people in Latvia - Forgotten humanism in citizenship development 9. The workdays and weekends of democracy in Lithuanian young adults' calendar 10. Citizenship activity of young Ukrainians - Democracy and human rights challenges Section 3: Framing the Future** 11. Young people's citizenship activity and education in the face of democracy's retreat: What lessons have been learned from Central and Eastern Europe? 12. Democracy's future in Central and Eastern Europe - Building coalitions, enhancing agency