Education for Democratic Citizenship: Issues of Theory and Practice

by Bernard Crick, Andrew Lockyer (Editor)

This important volume provides a comprehensive study of the concept of democratic citizenship (including its conditions and pre-requisites), which has an established place in higher education courses in politics, social policy, sociology and social philosophy. The contributing political philosophers and educational theorists collectively provide a critical commentary on the assumptions, principles and presuppositions associated with the idea of education for active democratic citizenship. This book presents an invaluable combination of original essays from established authors and previously published seminal articles specially revised for the volume.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published March 24, 2004

About the author

Sir Bernard Rowland Crick was a British political theorist and democratic socialist whose views were often summarised as "politics is ethics done in public". He sought to arrive at a "politics of action", as opposed to a "politics of thought" or of ideology.

Reviews

[Nicholas Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

This report remains the foundation for citizenship teaching in the UK. Despite the curriculum changing since then, the central tenets are unchanged and it is important to see the thought process that continues to underpin the subject. Would recommend to anyone with an interest in the subject.