Overview
- Explores citizenship education and democracy in the Netherlands in the twentieth century
- Demonstrates how citizens, social movements and political elites have articulated their own notions of democracy
- Focusing on what democracy means practically in society, this book will be of interest to scholars of citizenship education and post-war Dutch political history
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democracy (GCED)
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About this book
This book explores citizenship education and democracy in the Netherlands. From the Second World War to the present day, debates about civic education and democracy have raged in the country: this book demonstrates how citizens, social movements and political elites have articulated their own notions of democracy. Civic education illustrates democracy as an essentially contested concept – the transmission of political ideals highlights conflicting democratic values and a problem of paternalism. Ultimately, who dictates what democracy is, and to whom? As expectations of citizens rise, they are viewed more and more as objects of a pedagogical project, itself a controversial notion. Focusing on what democracy means practically in society, this book will be of interest to scholars of citizenship education and post-war Dutch political history.
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Book Title: Civic Education and Contested Democracy
Book Subtitle: Towards a Pedagogic State in the Netherlands post 1945
Authors: Wim de Jong
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democracy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56298-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56297-7Published: 15 October 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56300-4Published: 16 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-56298-4Published: 14 October 2020
Series ISSN: 2946-2711
Series E-ISSN: 2946-272X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 250
Topics: Educational Policy and Politics, History of Education, Democracy