Beyond Conventional Civic Participation, beyond the Moral-Political Divide: Young People and Contemporary Debates about Citizenship

Autor/inn/en	Haste, Helen; Hogan, Amy
Titel	Beyond Conventional Civic Participation, beyond the Moral-Political Divide: Young People and Contemporary Debates about Citizenship
Quelle	In: Journal of Moral Education, 35 (2006) 4, S.473-493 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7240
Schlagwörter	Young Adults; Democracy; Citizenship; Citizenship Education; Political Attitudes; Moral Values; Voting; Citizen Participation; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom (Great Britain) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Demokratie; Staatsbürgerschaft; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Abstimmung; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Ausland
Abstract	In Western thought, the relationship between the moral and political domains has been dominated by a version of political philosophy which, based on the distinction between "public" and "private," argues that the moral is different from the political. In parallel, and related to this, has been a delineation of the "political" as concerned with structural aspects of representative democracy, privileging electoral behaviour in particular. We challenge this distinction on the basis that it is not useful for addressing the motivational dimensions of political behaviour, which are crucial for crafting citizenship education. We explore the ways in which the concept of citizenship has become contested in the realities of the range of contemporary political engagement, and how current debates, for example that between liberals and communitarians, expose the underlying moral perspectives behind their theory and their prescriptions. Emerging from this we present an argument for three different modes of civic engagement; "voting," "helping" and "making one's voice heard," in which the moral and political play out differently. This model is explored through data from a study of British young people's involvement with civic issues and actions. (Contains 4 tables and 9 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10