Why We Need to Question the Democratic Engagement of Adolescents in Europe

Autor/inn/en	de Groot, Isolde; Veugelers, Wiel
Titel	Why We Need to Question the Democratic Engagement of Adolescents in Europe
Quelle	In: Journal of Social Science Education, 14 (2015) 4, S.27-38 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1611-9665
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Democratic Values; Classification; Citizenship Education; Adolescents; Citizen Participation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung
Abstract	Since the beginning of the 21st century, academics in various disciplines have stressed the need to address democratic deficits in Europe as well as lacunae in the citizenship development of European youth. In this article we explore the value of various types of democratic engagement for strengthening the democratic character of local and international communities throughout Europe. To this end, we present our democratic engagement typology and its derivation from empirical and conceptual research, and discuss several strengths and limitations of each type of engagement. We also explain the additive value of our typology in relation to existing engagement typologies, and conclude that in order to vitalize democratic communities, local and (inter)national communities and institutions also need to cultivate a thick type of democratic engagement among European youth. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01