The Civic Attitudes of Ethnic Minority Youth and the Impact of Citizenship Education

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3607440
AutoresJ G Janmaat (0000-0001-8102-5047, Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2008
Volumen34
Número1
Páginas27-54
Fecha de publicación2008-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNew Community (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691830701708676
OpenAlexW2008120382
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas19

This paper compares the civic attitudes of migrant and native youth in five West European countries, and explores the effect of citizenship education on the civic orientations of migrant children. Use is made of data from the IEA Civic Education survey. This survey involved a large study among 14-year-olds in 28 countries. The paper finds that migrant youth generally are at least as supportive of civic values as the ethnic majority. They do not embrace the civic notions of patriotism, institutional trust and gender equality to the same extent as the dominant group, though. Differences between the two groups on gender equality and to some degree also on institutional trust disappear, however, when social background variables are controlled for. It is concluded that differences between the allochtonous and autochthonous groups in the espousal of civic values are mostly a reflection of social differences and that migrant cultures are not obstructing the adoption of these values. This contradicts the conservative notion that civic values are specific to Western cultures and therefore incompatible with migrant cultures of other origins. It is further concluded that ethnic minority youth are likely to benefit more from citizenship education than the majority group

Citizenship · Citizenship education · Civic culture · Democracy · Ethnic group · Immigration · Minority group · Patriotism · Political science · Sociology · Survey data collection · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Gender Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Law · Religious Education and Schools