International Political Science Association (IPSA)
Research Committee 'Political Socialization and Education' (RC 21) announced meeting:
University of Aalborg, Denmark
September 15-17, 2010
Citizenship education: Democracy, Culture, Socialization, Media
The conference will address the issue of opportunities for an educated “citizen democracy”.
To which degree is contemporary notions of representative liberal democracy compatible with ideals of participative democracy? How does ideas of citizenship as “involvement in public affairs” - aiming at educating the citizenry by gaining the knowledge, skills and values relevant to the nature and practices of this normative model of democracy - match current transitions of social reality?
Much mainstream debate on citizenship has been premised on the assumption that citizens are fully formed individuals able to express their interests in the public domain. Still, many groups in society do not have access to the avenues of communication necessary for them to participate in society.
In the 21st Century, citizenship, as accounted for by e.g. T.H. Marshall, may not give a comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding, what it means to be political in an age characterized by globalization and post modernity – or what it means to be a citizen in a digital era.
We welcome all papers within research field of Political socialization and education - a special focus is given to:
- Civic involvement
- Social capital
- Political literacy
- Media
Paper abstract:
Please submit paper abstract by June 18, 2010 to Niels Nørgaard Kristensen
Contact information:
- Prof Christ’l De Landtsheer (President)
- Ass. prof. Trond Solhaug (Gen. secretary).
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