Constructing Citizenship in Post-Conflict Contexts: The Cases of Liberia and Rwanda

Autor/inn/en	Russell, Susan Garnett; Quaynor, Laura
Titel	Constructing Citizenship in Post-Conflict Contexts: The Cases of Liberia and Rwanda
Quelle	In: Globalisation, Societies and Education, 15 (2017) 2, S.248-270 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-7724
DOI	10.1080/14767724.2016.1195723
Schlagwörter	Citizenship Education; Conflict; Foreign Countries; Student Attitudes; Case Studies; Self Concept; Controversial Issues (Course Content); Student Participation; School Activities; Secondary School Students; Freedom of Speech; Citizen Participation; Classroom Environment; Student Surveys; Statistical Analysis; Gender Differences; Voting; Institutional Characteristics; Liberia; Rwanda + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Konflikt; Ausland; Schülerverhalten; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Selbstkonzept; Controversial issues; Kontroverse; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Sekundarschüler; Redefreiheit; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Schülerbefragung; Statistische Analyse; Geschlechterkonflikt; Abstimmung; Ruanda
Abstract	In post-conflict and fragile contexts, one central aim of education is to prepare citizens to rebuild society and manage conflict. In this paper, we discuss the ways that citizenship education, students' civic attitudes, and student civic practices vary across two post-conflict contexts in Africa: Liberia and Rwanda. First, we consider the historical and current complexities of citizenship education in these countries drawing on a post-colonial framework and Osler and Starkey's three dimensions of citizenship. Next, we discuss survey and interview data from secondary students based on separate multi-level case studies in the respective countries. We note differences and similarities in student conceptions of good citizenship, civic identity, classroom climate, and civic engagement across the two countries, as well as variation by school type and gender. Some notable findings included less active conceptions of citizenship and openness to discussing controversial issues in Rwanda than in Liberia, and less participation in out of school activities among young women than young men. These and other results highlight differing contextual values of development, security, freedom of speech, and civic action and the overall importance of citizenship education in a post-conflict context. (As Provided).
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