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Schools, Democratic Socialization and Political Participation: Political Activity and Passivity among Swedish Youths

The present text is based on a key note lecture (‘Civic Education, Democracy and Political Participation’) delivered at the symposium Globalization of School Subjects – Challenges for Civics, History, Geography and Religious Education, Karlstad University, 13–14 December, 2012. Drawing on recent developments in research on political participation and civic engagement, the text starts out with a discussion about different ways of understanding political passivity. Subsequently, the text turns to a brief analysis of ways in which schools may provide young people with political skills and competencies needed in a democratic society. Three dimensions of political citizenship are highlighted: political efficacy, political literacy, and political participation; and the analysis focuses on the impact of a number of different school-related factors on these three ‘citizenship competencies’.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:kau-27399
Date January 2013
CreatorsEkman, Joakim
PublisherSödertörns högskola, Karlstad : CSD Karlstad
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle in journal, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
RelationNordidactica : Journal of Humanities and Social Science Education, 2000-9879, 2013, 2013-1, s. 1-11

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