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Questionning the Citizenship Industry

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dc.creator Laurance J. Splitter
dc.date 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-08-12T11:28:18Z
dc.date.available 2015-08-12T11:28:18Z
dc.identifier 1611-9665
dc.identifier 1618-5293
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/849a7582175740eb8a2800de0268e974
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/30632
dc.description I argue that citizenship and related concepts should be treated warily by educators and researchers. Citizenship cannot define who I am, nor can it plausibly ground moral or values education. For both these tasks, the relational concept of being a person in the world does a better, and simpler, job. I suggest that classrooms which take the concept of personhood seriously should function as inquiring communities, in which such issues as the meaning and importance of our affiliations and associations may be critically examined. There may be good reasons for the recent expansion of what I term “the citizenship industry” in educational research, but they should not be taken for granted, particularly given that the concept of citizenship is often used by governments around the world to support strongly nationalistic policies which are inimical to genuine inquiry and autonomy.
dc.language English
dc.language German
dc.publisher Bielefeld University
dc.relation http://www.jsse.org/2011/2011-1/pdf/Splitter-JSSE-1-2011.pdf
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1611-9665
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1618-5293
dc.source Journal of Social Science Education, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 12-22 (2011)
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Social sciences (General)
dc.subject H1-99
dc.subject Social Sciences
dc.subject H
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Social sciences (General)
dc.subject H1-99
dc.subject Social Sciences
dc.subject H
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Social sciences (General)
dc.subject H1-99
dc.subject Social Sciences
dc.subject H
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Social sciences (General)
dc.subject H1-99
dc.subject Social Sciences
dc.subject H
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Social sciences (General)
dc.subject H1-99
dc.subject Social Sciences
dc.subject H
dc.title Questionning the Citizenship Industry
dc.type article


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