Citizenship Education and Social Conflict

<p>This volume provides new perspectives into the challenges of citizenship education in the age of globalization and in the context of multicultural and conflict-ridden societies. It calls on us to rethink the accepted liberal and national discourses that have long dominated the conceptualization and practice of citizenship and citizenship education in light of social conflict, globalization, terrorism, and the spread of an extreme form of capitalism. <br><br>The contributors of the volume identify the main challenges to the role of citizenship education in the context of globalization, conflicts and the changes to the institution of citizenship they entail and critically examine the ways in which schools and education systems currently address – and may be able to improve – the role of citizenship education in conflict-ridden and multicultural contexts.</p> <p>Preface Introduction: Theories of Conflict in Citizenship Education <em>Hanan A. Alexander, Halleli Pinson and Yossi Yonah </em><strong>Part I: Conflict Theories in Citizenship Education </strong>1. The Emergence of Citizenship as a Political Problem in an Era of Globalization <em>Seyla Benhabib </em>2. Becoming a Critical Citizen: A Marxist-Humanist Critique <em>Juha Suoranta, Peter McLaren and Nathalia Jaramillo </em>3. Education, Power and the State: Dilemmas of Citizenship in Multicultural Societies <em>Carlos Alberto Torres </em>4. Addressing Gender Conflict, Sexuality and Violence: Feminist Perspectives on the Challenges Faced By Global Citizenship Education <em>Madeleine Arnot </em>5. Teaching About Conflict Through Citizenship Education <em>Lynn Davies</em> 6. Tolerance, Education, and Parental Rights <em>Walter Feinberg </em><strong>Part II: Citizenship Education in a Democratic and Jewish State</strong> 7. Reconsidering Zionism: Open Society, Critical Theory, and the Education of Citizens <em>Hanan A. Alexander </em>8. Democracy, Educational Autonomy, and Israeli Law: The Case of the Ultra-Orthodox Minority <em> Yossi Dahan and Yoav Hammer </em>9. The Consolidation of Civic Identity in a Particularistic Religious Setting <em>Zehavit Gross </em>10. Bargaining Over Citizenship: Pre-military Preparatory Activities in the Service of the Dominant Groups <em>Noa Harel and Edna Lomsky-Feder </em>11. Adverse Aspects of Citizenship Education in the Global Era: The Israeli Case <em>Yossi Yonah </em>12. Civic Education for the Palestinians in Israel: Dilemmas and Challenges <em>Ayman K. Agbaria </em>13. One Civic Curriculum, Different Civic Visions <em>Halleli Pinson</em> <br><strong>Conclusion</strong>: Transforming Social Conflict: The Burdens and Dilemmas of Citizenship Education in Israel <em>Hanan A. Alexander, Halleli Pinson and Yossi Yonah</em></p>