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The cultural making of the citizen: a comparative analysis of school students' civic and political participation in France and Wales.
- Source :
- Compare: A Journal of Comparative & International Education; Nov 2021, Vol. 51 Issue 8, p1226-1240, 15p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- This paper examines the complex relationship between the state, civil society and education through comparative research with young people in France and the UK. Survey data derived from two cohorts of school students in South Wales and Lyon reveal strong differences in their levels of civic and political participation. While our Welsh students have higher levels of 'civic participation', as measured in terms of charitable work and volunteering, our French students have far higher levels of what might be considered 'political engagement', defined in terms of campaigning and demonstrating. We argue that these differences can be accounted for by the different cultural repertoires and priorities of citizenship education which themselves reflect the contrasting historical configurations of education, the state and civil society in these two countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CITIZENSHIP education
CIVICS education
POLITICAL participation
EDUCATION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03057925
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Compare: A Journal of Comparative & International Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153045913
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2020.1740081