Human Rights and Citizenship Education

This book considers the philosophical, sociological and legal implications of the distinction between universal human rights accorded to all because of their membership of the human species, and the more particularistic 'citizenship' rights, accorded to those who are members of a political community.
This book was originally published as a

List of contents

1. Introduction: Human rights and citizenship education: re-positioning the debate Dina Kiwan 2. Cosmopolitan democracy: a restatement Daniele Archibugi 3. Human rights, cosmopolitanism and utopias: implications for citizenship education Hugh Starkey 4. Being human or being a citizen? Rethinking human rights and citizenship education in the light of Agamben and Merleau-Ponty Ruyu Hung 5. Human rights and public education Bill Bowring 6. Human rights within education: assessing the justifications Tristan McCowan 7. Human rights education in Japan: an historical account, characteristics and suggestions for a better-balanced approach Sachiko Takeda 8. Human rights, education for democratic citizenship and international organisations: findings from a Kuwaiti UNESCO ASPnet school Rania Al-Nakib

About the author

Dina Kiwan is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies, at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, since September 2012, and formerly a Senior Lecturer in Citizenship Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK, and co-director of the International Centre for Education for Democratic Citizenship (ICEDC), University of London, UK. Other publications include Kiwan, D. (2008). Education for Inclusive Citizenship (Routledge), and Kiwan, D. (ed). (2013) Naturalization Policies, Education and Citizenship: Multicultural and Multination Societies in International Perspective.

Summary

This book considers the philosophical, sociological and legal implications of the distinction between universal human rights accorded to all because of their membership of the human species, and the more particularistic ‘citizenship’ rights, accorded to those who are members of a political community. This book was originally published as a

Product details

• Assisted by: Dina Kiwan (Editor), Kiwan Dina (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032930718
• ISBN: 978-1-032-93071-8
• No. of pages: 128
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Education, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, EDUCATION / History, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, History of Education, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Philosophy and theory of education, Teaching of a specific subject, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General