| Hayward, B: Children, Citizenship and Environment |
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Today 's millennial generation inherit a world confronted by four difficult and intersecting challenges: dangerous environmental change, weakening democracies, growing social inequality, and a paradigm of economic growth that has contributed to unprecedented youth unemployment and resource extraction beyond our planet 's limits. But the future is not inevitable and today on the streets of cities everywhere; there is a strong, youthful energy for change. Children, Citizenship and Environment sets out a new agenda for citizenship education which reflects both the responsibility and opportunities we are confronted with to support young citizens. Building from a detailed understanding of the way children learn about citizenship in a small highly deregulated political economy; New Zealand political scientist Bronwyn Hayward asks: how can we better support young citizens in consumer societies everywhere to make a difference on the issues that will matter in their future? From self-help volunteers, to eco worriers; from green consumers to streetwise sceptics, and tribal or team players, Hayward identifies a range of new forms of youthful citizenship and explains which approaches make it harder or easier, for young citizens to address the complex problems like climate change or economic and social injustice that confront their futures. Theoretically informed and written with engaging practical insight, Hayward argues that young citizens today will need fewer lessons in how to recycle or when to switch off the lights and more intergenerational support to reclaim their democratic imagination and discover the seeds of ecological citizenship and their own handprint for social justice.
Kategorie: Books
Hersteller: Taylor & Francis
182,00 CHF
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