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“Diversity within Diversity” - Exploring Connections between Community, Participation and Citizenship

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dc.creator Pedro D. Ferreira
dc.creator Joaquim L. Coimbra
dc.creator Isabel Menezes
dc.date 2012-09-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T22:05:11Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T22:05:11Z
dc.identifier 1611-9665
dc.identifier 1618-5293
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/ff34ec3ad10445d181ae460c7f3bccab
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/9585
dc.identifier.uri https://doaj.org/article/ff34ec3ad10445d181ae460c7f3bccab
dc.description Even if recently the notions of citizenship and community have become buzzwords of very positive connotation, significant tensions underlie any ofthem: between homogeneity and difference, belonging and diversity,inclusion and exclusion and, more recently, between freedom and security.Real communities are places of cooperation and mutual recognition as muchas they are places of inevitable conflict, social control and exclusion.Following an ecological and contextual perspective, and a relationaldefinition of community, concepts such as sense of community and socialcapital are explored. An analysis of citizen’s participation in theircommunities illustrates significant dimensions of participation: power,dialogue, initiative, formality, pluralism and time. The discussion considershow these dimensions might contribute to making community organizationsturn into 'schools of democracy' (de Tocqueville 2000), and illustrates thispotential with young migrants, as long as the diversity of diverse migrantgroups is not only recognized but furthered.
dc.language English
dc.language German
dc.publisher Bielefeld University
dc.relation http://www.jsse.org/2012/2012-3/pdfs/Ferreira-etal-JSSE-3-2012.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 11, Iss 3, Pp 120-134 (2012)
dc.subject Community
dc.subject participation
dc.subject citizenship
dc.subject diversity
dc.subject power
dc.subject democracy
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 “Diversity within Diversity” - Exploring Connections between Community, Participation and Citizenship
dc.type Article


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