Creating Democratic Societies
Author : Plamen Makariev
Publisher : CRVP
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 33,16 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781565181311
Reimagining Democratic Societies
Author : Sjur Bergan
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,24 MB
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789287175373
Book Description
Reimagining democratic societies, although a demanding task, is one in which higher education must engage. As societies change, our understanding of democracy must also evolve. We need democratic institutions, but also democratic culture and democratic innovation. Citizen participation, as a cornerstone of democracy, must go beyond citizen mobilisation on just a few issues. An educated, committed citizenry deeply involved in creating and sustaining diverse democratic societies is essential for human progress and advancing the quality of life for all. The authors - academics, policy makers and practitioners from Europe and the United States - argue this point, making the case for why democratic reimagination and innovation cannot succeed without higher education and why higher education cannot fulfil its educational, academic and societal missions without working for the common good. Case studies provide examples of how higher education can contribute to reimagining and reinvigorating democracy.
Making Democracy Work
Author : Robert D. Putnam
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,76 MB
Release : 1994-05-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400820740
Book Description
Why do some democratic governments succeed and others fail? In a book that has received attention from policymakers and civic activists in America and around the world, Robert Putnam and his collaborators offer empirical evidence for the importance of "civic community" in developing successful institutions. Their focus is on a unique experiment begun in 1970 when Italy created new governments for each of its regions. After spending two decades analyzing the efficacy of these governments in such fields as agriculture, housing, and health services, they reveal patterns of associationism, trust, and cooperation that facilitate good governance and economic prosperity.
Competences for democratic culture
Author : Council of Europe
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 40,41 MB
Release : 2016-04-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9287182647
Book Description
A new Council of Europe reference framework of competences for democratic culture! Contemporary societies within Europe face many challenges, including declining levels of voter turnout in elections, increased distrust of politicians, high levels of hate crime, intolerance and prejudice towards minority ethnic and religious groups, and increasing levels of support for violent extremism. These challenges threaten the legitimacy of democratic institutions and peaceful co-existence within Europe. Formal education is a vital tool that can be used to tackle these challenges. Appropriate educational input and practices can boost democratic engagement, reduce intolerance and prejudice, and decrease support for violent extremism. However, to achieve these goals, educationists need a clear understanding of the democratic competences that should be targeted by the curriculum. This book presents a new conceptual model of the competences which citizens require to participate in democratic culture and live peacefully together with others in culturally diverse societies. The model is the product of intensive work over a two-year period, and has been strongly endorsed in an international consultation with leading educational experts. The book describes the competence model in detail, together with the methods used to develop it. The model provides a robust conceptual foundation for the future development of curricula, pedagogies and assessments in democratic citizenship and human rights education. Its application will enable educational systems to be harnessed effectively for the preparation of students for life as engaged and tolerant democratic citizens. The book forms the first component of a new Council of Europe reference framework of competences for democratic culture. It is vital reading for all educational policy makers and practitioners who work in the fields of education for democratic citizenship, human rights education and intercultural education.
Creating a New Public University and Reviving Democracy
Author : Morten Levin
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 40,50 MB
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1785333224
Book Description
Public universities are in crisis, waning in their role as central institutions within democratic societies. Denunciations are abundant, but analyses of the causes and proposals to re-create public universities are not. Based on extensive experience with Action Research-based organizational change in universities and private sector organizations, Levin and Greenwood analyze the wreckage created by neoliberal academic administrators and policymakers. The authors argue that public universities must be democratically organized to perform their educational and societal functions. The book closes by laying out Action Research processes that can transform public universities back into institutions that promote academic freedom, integrity, and democracy.
Living in Democracy
Author : Rolf Gollob
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 22,74 MB
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789287163325
Book Description
This is a manual for teachers in Education for Democratic Citizenship (EDC) and Human Rights Education (HRE), EDC/HRE textbook editors and curriculum developers. Nine teaching units of approximately four lessons each focus on key concepts of EDC/HRE. The lesson plans give step-by-step instructions and include student handouts and background information for teachers. In this way, the manual is suited for trainees or beginners in the teaching profession and teachers who are receiving in-service teacher training in EDC/HRE. The complete manual provides a full school year's curriculum for lower secondary classes, but as each unit is also complete in itself, the manual allows great flexibility in use. The objective of EDC/HRE is the active citizen who is willing and able to participate in the democratic community. Therefore EDC/HRE strongly emphasize action and task-based learning.
Creating Democratic Classrooms for a Democratic Society
Author : Laura Grow
Publisher :
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 44,23 MB
Release : 1998
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
Democratic classrooms involve students in their education and challenge the learned apathy that takes place in our schools and society. This case study research identifies methods for effectively implementing a democratic middle school classroom designed to empower students. Interpretations are based on observations, interviews with students and teachers, and relevant documents from three middle school classrooms in which the teachers identified creating a democratic classroom as a main goal. Although observations were limited to the first few months of the school year, interviews with students in these multi-age classrooms provided feedback regarding the democratic processes throughout an entire school year. Themes that emerged from these classrooms included: student ownership, teacher influence, thematic/issues-oriented curriculum, authentic connections, and supportive school contexts. Within each theme, this research presents teachers with practical methods in which to create a democratic classroom and, thereby, develop democratic dispositions in students.
Inciting Democracy
Author : Randy Schutt
Publisher : SpringForward Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 37,81 MB
Release : 2001-09-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0970384114
Book Description
Inciting Democracy offers a vision of what a good society might look like and explores how we can overcome five key obstacles to creating such a society. It offers a practical way to develop a large, decentralized education and support program that can increase the skills, knowledge, and strength of hundreds of thousands of goodhearted people so they can democratically and nonviolently transform society through grassroots change movements. It also provides a realistic, long-term vision of success, a vision that can encourage and inspire people working for positive change, thus making success more likely.
Not for Profit
Author : Martha C. Nussbaum
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,89 MB
Release : 2016-11-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 069117332X
Book Description
In this short and powerful book, celebrated philosopher Martha Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of education. Historically, the humanities have been central to education because they have been seen as essential for creating competent democratic citizens. But recently, Nussbaum argues, thinking about the aims of education has gone disturbingly awry in the United States and abroad. We increasingly treat education as though its primary goal were to teach students to be economically productive rather than to think critically and become knowledgeable, productive, and empathetic individuals. This shortsighted focus on profitable skills has eroded our ability to criticize authority, reduced our sympathy with the marginalized and different, and damaged our competence to deal with complex global problems. And the loss of these basic capacities jeopardizes the health of democracies and the hope of a decent world. In response to this dire situation, Nussbaum argues that we must resist efforts to reduce education to a tool of the gross national product. Rather, we must work to reconnect education to the humanities in order to give students the capacity to be true democratic citizens of their countries and the world. In a new preface, Nussbaum explores the current state of humanistic education globally and shows why the crisis of the humanities has far from abated. Translated into over twenty languages, Not for Profit draws on the stories of troubling—and hopeful—global educational developments. Nussbaum offers a manifesto that should be a rallying cry for anyone who cares about the deepest purposes of education.
Five Rising Democracies
Author : Ted Piccone
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 13,13 MB
Release : 2016-02-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815725787
Book Description
Shifting power balances in the world are shaking the foundations of the liberal international order and revealing new fault lines at the intersection of human rights and international security. Will these new global trends help or hinder the world's long struggle for human rights and democracy? The answer depends on the role of five rising democracies—India, Brazil, South Africa, Turkey, and Indonesia—as both examples and supporters of liberal ideas and practices. Ted Piccone analyzes the transitions of these five democracies as their stars rise on the international stage. While they offer important and mainly positive examples of the compatibility of political liberties, economic growth, and human development, their foreign policies swing between interest-based strategic autonomy and a principled concern for democratic progress and human rights. In a multipolar world, the fate of the liberal international order depends on how they reconcile these tendencies.
