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- ment when they complete their studies. How will young Europeans respond to increasing pressures resulting from the GFC? Will their citizenship competences sustain them as their democracies face a difficult future? This book addresses these questions through the identification of citizenship competences needed for engagement in modern democracies.
- Citizenship education is a worldwide phenomenon that countries are addressing in an increasingly complex, interdependent world. Young people need to understand citizenship and their role as citizens in multiple contexts.
- What competences are required of young people to become active, engaged citizens? This book addresses this significant question as democracies seek to engage their citizens more actively.
- Europe has experienced a recession for several years as a result of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Many young Europeans find themselves unemployed or facing the prospect of unemploy
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Competences for Democratic Citizens
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Front Matter
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Civic Education Applications and Programs
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Back Matter
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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University of Sydney, Australia
Murray Print
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Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
Dirk Lange
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Civic Education and Competences forEngaging Citizens in Democracies
Editors: Murray Print, Dirk Lange
Series Title: Civic and Political Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-172-6
Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: SensePublishers 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6209-172-6Published: 11 February 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 166
Topics: Education, general
