Young People and Active Citizenship in Post-Soviet Times A Challenge for Citizenship Education

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Synopsis

Situated within the context of "post-soviet times", this book explores young people’s citizenship activities and values in three distinct environments: post-soviet union countries, post-soviet union satellites, and countries that were independent of the soviet-union. Its purpose is to investigate the influence of these contexts on the ways young people see their citizenship in what are now emerging democracies.

The future of nations depends to a large extent on whether citizens will continue to support existing values and will engage in activities to support those values. Using a framework designed by Kennedy (2006) and further developed by Zalewska, Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz (2011) the study examined the citizenship values of 3794 students aged 11-14-18 from 11 European countries. The main themes of this book include


exploring similarities and differences in citizenship activities within countries and across countries;


advancing explanations for these similarities and differences;


highlighting the importance of contexts that influence citizenship activities and values; and


assessing the extent to which democratic values are reflected in young people’s citizenship activities.

Book details

Series:
Asia-Europe Education Dialogue
Author:
Beata Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz, Anna M. Zalewska, Kerry J. Kennedy
ISBN:
9781317190349
Related ISBNs:
9780367272029, 9781315564005, 9781138679771
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
274
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2023-08-28
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2018
Copyright by:
Beata Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz, Anna M. Zalewska, Kerry J. Kennedy 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Education, Nonfiction, Politics and Government