Innovations in Israel's civics textbooks. Enlightening trends in non-western democracies.

Autor/inn/en	Galanti, Sigal Ben-Rafael; Carmel, Paz; Levkowitz, Alon
Titel	Innovations in Israel's civics textbooks. Enlightening trends in non-western democracies.
Quelle	In: Israel studies review, 35 (2020) 3, S. 52-71 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2159-0389
DOI	10.3167/isr.2020.350304
Schlagwörter	Schulbuch; Israel
Abstract	Classic Western democracies (those of Western Europe and the Anglophone world) view the teaching of civics as a policy instrument through which liberal values, democracy, and even globalization are introduced to future citizens, thus expecting to assure the persistence of democracy. In present-day democracies in general, and mainly in non-Western democracies, however, civics assumes other forms, including the study of nationalism. This article analyzes innovations in the teaching of civics in Israel by examining the changes in school textbooks that accompany changing national leaderships. We highlight the current Israeli high school civics textbook, written under a significantly rightist-religious government. Assuming that civics textbooks express the political credo of ruling elites, our findings suggest similarities between trends in Israel and non-Western democracies, hinting at the fragility of democratization in general and chiefly outside the West.
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsmedien \| Georg-Eckert-Institut (GEI), Braunschweig
Update	2022/2