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Educating the New National Citizen: Education, Political Subjectivity, and Divided Societies

Staeheli, L.A.; Hammett, D.

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L.A. Staeheli

D. Hammett



Abstract

This paper explores the ways in which citizenship education is used in an effort to create particular kinds of citizens as part of a larger effort at nation- and polity-building. This paper addresses the purpose of citizenship education and its role in creating political subjectivities for citizens. We argue that policies and programmes often attempt to heal social divisions by fostering a common linkage between citizens and nation, but in ways that may be ineffective, and in some cases, deeply problematic. This argument is developed through a consideration of the ways in which different agents involved in citizenship education use their own experiences to develop and interpret citizenship education programmes. Through this, both the meaning and the teaching of citizenship may be reworked. This conceptual argument is supplemented through a consideration of citizenship education programmes in South Africa.

Citation

Staeheli, L., & Hammett, D. (2010). Educating the New National Citizen: Education, Political Subjectivity, and Divided Societies. Citizenship Studies, 14(6), 667-680. https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2010.522353

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2010
Deposit Date Feb 3, 2012
Publicly Available Date Jan 10, 2014
Journal Citizenship Studies
Print ISSN 1362-1025
Electronic ISSN 1469-3593
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 14
Issue 6
Pages 667-680
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2010.522353
Keywords Citizenship education, Divided societies, South Africa, Nation-building, Political subjectivity.

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