Educating Europe's citizens
Moving from national to post-national models of educating for European citizenship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7724902 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Keating (0000-0002-5021-5048, National Foundation for Educational Research, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 135-151 |
| Publication date | 2009-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Citizenship Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-1025 • E-ISSN: 1469-3593 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13621020902731140 |
| OpenAlex | W2011358812 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 18 |
The relationship between the EU institutions and its citizens is once again foremost in the minds of European policymakers and commentators. Recent referenda on European institutional reform have been rejected by the citizens of France, the Netherlands and, most recently, Ireland, thus re-igniting debates across Europe about the quality of European democracy and the limits and possibilities of European integration. Educational reforms and initiatives are often suggested as means of fostering stronger ties between political institutions and their citizens. This article therefore considers how European policies for fostering citizenship through education have fared thus far, focusing in particular on two questions: what sort of citizenship has been offered by European education policies; and how have these policies sought to construct a sense of community amid the diverse peoples of Europe? These questions are examined from a socio-historical perspective, which illustrates that European institutions have long sought to harness education as a means of fostering European citizenship. However, this process also illustrates that European education policies have evolved over time from an ethnocentric ‘national’ model of citizenship education towards a post-national model in which the citizens of Europe are united not (only) by a common culture or history, but also civic values, educational skills, and a shared future. This post-national model, the author suggests, avoids many of the pitfalls of the national model of educating citizens, but nonetheless creates a new set of challenges for the citizens and institutions of Europe
Citizenship · Citizenship education · Political science · Politics · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Public Administration
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Student Mobilities, Migration and the Internationalization of Higher Education
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Austerity Talk and Crisis Narratives
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Does more knowledge about the European Union lead to a stronger European identity? A comparative analysis among adolescents in 21 European member states
Making citizens, being European? European symbolism in Slovenian citizenship education textbooks
Europe(an Union)
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Visions of deliverance
Growing Up as a European? Parental Socialization and the Educational Divide in Euroskepticism
Irish language education and the national ideal
Why Educational Exchange Programmes Miss Their Mark
Euroscepticism and education
As the twig is bent, the tree is inclined? The role of parental versus own education for openness towards globalisation
Does education decrease Euroscepticism? A regression discontinuity design using compulsory schooling reforms in four European countries
Exploring the linkage of higher education and attitudes towards European integration
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Limits of citizenship
A Brief History of Citizenship
Education, Globalization and the Nation State
Nations and Nationalism
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Inventing Europe
Whither European Citizenship
National identity and the idea of European unity
Neoliberal Governmentality in the European Union
Educating the national citizen in neoliberal times
| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,53 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |