Political Education in Times of Populism: Towards a Radical Democratic Education

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This book is a bold new step in its achievement."—Ian Davies, Emeritus Professor, University of York, UKThis book examines political education in times of democratic crisis, polarisation and uncertainty.

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"In professional and academic contexts nothing is more important than helping people to understand and engage with democratic society. Sant has written an excellent book which helps greatly towards that end. She has developed incisive new arguments about the nature of contemporary politics and education. Using the most recent as well as classic literature, she explores key ideas and issues. Through wide ranging discussions and by referring to her own valuable empirical work she characterizes and creates thoughtful insights and innovative pedagogical approaches. This book achieves the very difficult task of illuminating complex ideas at the same time as helping to determine practical ways to achieve social justice through education. Political education has been neglected for too long. This book is a bold new step in its achievement."—Ian Davies, Emeritus Professor, University of York, UKThis book examines political education in times of democratic crisis, polarisation and uncertainty. Using populism as a diagnostic tool, the book scrutinises current democratic practices and considers alternatives for future social studies and citizenship education. The author examines contemporary events including Brexit, the Catalan referendum for independence and protests in Chile to ask how democratic educators can respond to times of crisis. Centered on themes of knowledge and ideology, the book draws together political philosophy and educational research to map out, critically analyse and offer alternatives to dominant debates on political education. It will be of interest and value to scholars examining the relationship between democracy and educational theory and practice.Edda Sant is Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. A former social studies teacher, her research interests lie in citizenship, political and democratic education. She has published widely in this field, and in 2016 was recognized with a Children's Identity & Citizenship European Association Award.

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"In professional and academic contexts nothing is more important than helping people to understand and engage with democratic society. Sant has written an excellent book which helps greatly towards that end. She has developed incisive new arguments about the nature of contemporary politics and education. Using the most recent as well as classic literature, she explores key ideas and issues. Through wide ranging discussions and by referring to her own valuable empirical work she characterizes and creates thoughtful insights and innovative pedagogical approaches. This book achieves the very difficult task of illuminating complex ideas at the same time as helping to determine practical ways to achieve social justice through education. Political education has been neglected for too long. This book is a bold new step in its achievement." -- Ian Davies , Emeritus Professor, University of York, UK This book examines political education in times of democratic crisis, polarisation and uncertainty. Using populism as a diagnostic tool, the book scrutinises current democratic practices and considers alternatives for future social studies and citizenship education. The author examines contemporary events including Brexit, the Catalan referendum for independence and protests in Chile to ask how democratic educators can respond to times of crisis. Centered on themes of knowledge and ideology, the book draws together political philosophy and educational research to map out, critically analyse and offer alternatives to dominant debates on political education. It will be of interest and value to scholars examining the relationship between democracy and educational theory and practice. Edda Sant is Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. A former social studies teacher, her research interests lie in citizenship, political and democratic education. She has published widely in this field, and in 2016 her co-authored article was recognized with a Children's Identity & Citizenship European Association Award.

Author Biography

Edda Sant is Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. A former social studies teacher, her research interests lie in citizenship, political and democratic education. She has published widely in this field, and in 2016 her co-authored article was recognized with a Children's Identity & Citizenship European Association Award.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- Chapter 1. Populism as a democratic threat.- Chapter 2. Radical democratic education.- Chapter 3. Expected responses from political education.- Chapter 4. Populism as a possibility.- Chapter 5. Alternative understandings of political education.- Chapter 6. Towards a different radical democratic education.- Chapter 7. The promotion of British Values in England (UK).- Chapter 8. The 300th Jubilee of the national myth in Catalonia (Spain).- Chapter 9. Limitations of this project.- Chapter 10. Concluding remarks: "my preference will always be democracy", and yours?

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Examines and offer alternatives to dominant political, citizenship education and social studies practices Engages with current political and educational theory and research Explores contemporary political events and its relationship with democratic education

Details ISBN3030763013 Author Edda Sant Short Title Political Education in Times of Populism Pages 230 Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 3030763013 ISBN-13 9783030763015 Format Paperback Subtitle Towards a Radical Democratic Education DEWEY 320.071 Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition 1st Imprint Springer Nature Switzerland AG Place of Publication Cham Country of Publication Switzerland Publication Date 2022-06-23 Illustrations 2 Illustrations, black and white; XXVII, 230 p. 2 illus. UK Release Date 2022-06-23 Edition Description 1st ed. 2021 Alternative 9783030762988 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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