Active Citizenship : : What Could it Achieve and How? / / Bernard Crick, Andrew Lockyer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Crick, Bernard,; Lockyer, Andrew,
• MitwirkendeR: Annette, John,; Blunkett, David,; Crick, Bernard,; Donnison, David,; Fitzgerald, Rona,; Francis, Kevin,; Heater, Derek,; Kiwan, Dina,; Lockyer, Andrew,; Meehan, Elizabeth,; Munn, Pamela,; Reid, George,; Taylor, Matthew,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

Active Citizenship gathers a group of political actors and academics who believe a radically more active citizenship is a worthy aim. They spell out how it can be achieved in their particular area of concern, looking at the obstacles and how they might be overcome. Together, they shows us how we can realise the dream of a citizen culture and what benefits it would bring for democracy in the UK.Bernard Crick's first and final essays set the tone, respectively, on Civic Republicanism Today and Political Identity. Other contributors consider active citizenship in relation to: Labour Government Policy (David Blunkett and Matthew Taylor); Scottish Devolution (George Reid); Public Services (David Donnison); Gender Equality (Rhona Fitzgerald); Schools (Pamela Munn); Multiculturalism (Dina Kiwan); Integrating Immigrants (Elizabeth Meehan); Lifelong Learning (John Annette); Europe and International Understanding (Derek Heater); Young People (Andrew Lockyer) and Scottish Independence (Kevin Francis).

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Prolegomenon -- Contributors -- Introduction -- 1. Civic Republicanism and Citizenship: the Challenge for Today -- 2. Active Citizenship and Labour -- 3. The Fourth Principle: Sharing Power with the People of Scotland -- 4. Power and Public Services: for Customers or Citizens? -- 5. Active Citizenship: Gender Equality and Democracy -- 6. What can Active Citizenship Achieve for Schools and through Schools? -- 7. Active Citizenship: Multiculturalism and Mutual Understanding -- 8. Active Citizenship: for Integrating the Immigrants -- 9. Democratic Citizenship and Lifelong Active Learning -- 10. Active Citizenship for Europe and International Understanding -- 11. Young People as Active Political Citizens -- 12. Active Citizenship and Sharing Power in Scotland: the Need to Go Beyond Devolution -- 13. Identity Politics: Multiculturalism, Britishness and Europe -- Index