Civic Education and Contested Democracy

Towards a Pedagogic State in the Netherlands post 1945
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-56297-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democracy

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

De Jong, Wim

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Geschichte der Pädagogik, Richtungen in der Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Moralizing citizens. Democracy and civic education during reconstruction (1945-1950).- Chapter 3: Tolerance and individuality. Debating democracy in the 1950s.- Chapter 4: No country for old men. Contesting authority in the 1960s.- Chapter 5: Participation and indoctrination. Education and democracy in the long 1970s.- Chapter 6: Moralism and hedonism. Towards a pedagogical state since the 1980s.- Chapter 7: Outlook.

Über Autor(innen)

Wim de Jong is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Open University of Heerlen, the Netherlands. His research interests include the history of voting, social scientific experts, and urban social engineering, and he has published widely on these topics.