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This book considers the shifting social and educational structures shaping experiences of citizenship among young people in diverse international contexts. Chapters from across both the Global North and South consider emerging formations of citizenship and citizen identities among young people, both in and out of the school environment.
Table des matières
Foreword 1. Contestations of Citizenship: An Introduction Part I Contesting Framings of Citizenship: Interrogations of the National and the Global 2. Connected or Disconnected? Exploring the Relationship Between Citizenship Norms and Other Citizenship Attitudes in Young People 3. A Daoist Interpretation of Global Citizenship and Implications for Global Citizenship Education for Youth 4. Global Citizenship and Youth: Profiles of Perception of Global Threats 5. Globalized Local Environmental Conflicts in Mexican and Canadian Youths’ Lives and Schooling: Silenced Citizenship Questions Part II Contesting Spaces of Citizenship: Contemporary Youth Social Movements, Digital Citizenships, and the Popular Turn in Global Citizenship Education 6. Contemporary Youth Social Movements: The Interdependency of Digital Affordances and Youth Agency 7. Toward Global Digital Citizenship: "Everyday" Practices of Young Australians in a Connected World 8. “It Takes a Person”: Youth Activism, Public Health, and Citizenship Performance During Liberia’s Ebola Epidemic Part III Negotiating Citizenship and Difference in Diverse Contexts 9. Conditions and Contestations of Youth Citizenship in Small Town America 10. Crossing the Great Divide: Youth Historical Consciousness as a Bridge to Civic Identity in Urban Conflict Zones in Jos, Nigeria 11. Democracy as a Principle for an Early Childhood Education Manager Training Program in Brazil Final Reflections 12. New Directions for Citizenship, Democracy, and Education
A propos de l'auteur
Patricia K. Kubow is Professor of International and Comparative Education in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and Curriculum and Instruction at Indiana University, USA. Recognized by the US Agency for International Development and the Comparative and International Education Society, her research focuses on global-local forces on cultural constructions of democracy, citizen identities of children and youth, and formal citizenship education, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.
Nicole Webster is Professor of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management at Pennsylvania State University, USA, and is experienced in both teaching and academic research in both formal and non-formal sectors across the African Diaspora. Her research focuses on youth and young adult populations to understand how engagement impacts economic, social, and personal development.
Krystal Strong is Assistant Professor of Black Studies in Education at the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA. Her research and teaching use ethnographic, participatory, and multimodal methods to investigate youth and community activism, global Black social movements, and the role of education as a site of struggle in the African Diaspora.
Daniel Miranda is Assistant Researcher Professor at Measurement Center MIDE UC, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile. His areas of interest focus on young citizenship socialization and political inequalities, sociopolitical attitudes, and public opinion research. On this edited book project, Miranda was supported by the Chilean National Agency of Research and Development through the grant ANID/FONDECYT N°11190508 and COES ANID/FONDAP N°15130009.
Résumé
This book considers the shifting social and educational structures shaping experiences of citizenship among young people in diverse international contexts. Chapters from across both the Global North and South consider emerging formations of citizenship and citizen identities among young people, both in and out of the school environment.
