Citizenship’s tangled web: Associations, gaps and tensions in formulations of European youth active citizenship across disciplines

Banaji, Shakuntala; Mejias, Sam; Kõuts, Ragne; Piedade, Filipe; Pavlopoulos, Vassilis; Tzankova, Iana; Macková, Alena; Amnå, Erik

doi:10.1080/17405629.2017.1367278

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“…It is fundamental to address the problems of distrust towards political institutions and of lack of subjective personal agency regarding political issues. The neglect of the youth's political ownership, which continues to emerge both in socio-political (Pontes et al, 2018) and academic narratives (Banaji, et al, 2018), needs to be tackled.…”

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Democratic Citizenship-in-the-Making: Dis/Engagement Profiles of Portuguese Youth

2021

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Coming to terms with the multidimensionsionality of civic and political engagement implies analyzing it in a comprehensive manner: not limited to conventional modes of expression, nor to dichotomic perspectives or observable acts of participation. Studies in this field tend to overlook cognitive and emotional dimensions as types of engagement which, alongside with behavior, constitute citizenship. In this article, we analyze data from the Portuguese sample of the CATCH-EyoU Project’s survey (1,007 young people aged between 14 and 30 years old). The main result is the identification of four distinct profiles according to behavioral, emotional and cognitive forms of engagement: Alienated, Passive, Disengaged and Engaged. These profiles are then examined to assess whether and how they differ in terms of: i) national and European identification, ii) relationships with alternative and traditional media, iii) democratic support, and iv) attitudes towards immigrants and refugees. The relationship between the different profiles and individual socio-demographic variables is also examined. We discuss how different dis/engagement profiles relate with socio-political dimensions and have different consequences both in terms of the political integration of young people and of the political challenges faced by democratic societies.

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Democratic Citizenship-in-the-Making: Dis/Engagement Profiles of Portuguese Youth

2021

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“…As Milana (2008) put it, the notion of European active citizenship is used to legitimize the EU rather than to include diverse groups of citizens. Similarly, in their systematic meta-review of youth citizenship in the existing literature of social sciences, Banaji et al (2018) concluded that most key-terms may be inclusive of Europe in their theory and research, but they are not explicit of or specifically conceived around Europe.…”

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“…In his seminal work, Politics, the Greek philosopher Aristotle depicted what today constitutes a normative view of the good citizen with rights and responsibilities, tightly connected to the ideal democratic city-state, with justice acting as a fundamental moral framework (cf. Banaji et al, 2018). More recently, a number of scholars have pointed out that this mainstream view of the 'good citizen' is ideologically bound and far from inclusive.…”

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From Political Interest to Participation in EU-related Actions: The Mediating Role of European Identity and Political Efficacy

Pavlopoulos¹,

Kostoglou²,

Motti‐Stefanidi³

2020

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European youth’s civic engagement and political participation in EU-related issues is a timely imperative. Research findings on youth citizenship range from political apathy to alternative forms of participation, although theoretical evidence remains poor. This study is based on empirical data from the Greek contribution to the European program CATCH-EyoU (Horizon 2020), aiming to explore different forms and predictors of youth’s civic engagement and political participation on EU-related issues. Based on social psychological theoretical background, we assumed that the expressed political interest for the EU translates to specific forms of action. Identification with the EU and perceived political efficacy/alienation were expected to mediate the above relationship. The sample consisted of 749 young adults aged 18-27 (M = 22.2, 50.7% women, 89.7% Greek citizens, 72% university students, 75.5% employed). In addition to voting, four components of political participation and civic engagement were studied, namely conventional participation (in support of political parties and goals), activism (acts of protest against the authorities), online participation (social networks), and volunteering (non-profit actions). Mediation analyses showed that the relationship between political interest and participation can be explained by different mechanisms: The sense of belonging in the EU lead to more frequent electoral participation, but to less activism and online participation. On the contrary, EU identity exploration and reconsideration contributed to increased conventional participation. Political efficacy seemed to promote activism and online participation, while political alienation tended to decrease activism. These findings reveal the multiple connotations of youth’s politicalparticipation regarding EU issues.

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“…4, 27;Abowitz & Harnish, 2006. p. 671;Hoskins et al, 2015, p. 434). Nevertheless, it must be noted that considering the findings of studies conducted by Banaji et al (2018), it is hard to expect that school education will have the features of the critical concept of citizenship.…”

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The Concept of Citizenship in the Polish School Education. Political Change and the Change of Core Curricula. Discourse Analysis

Kopińska

2020

PBE

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The present article examines the problem of applying the concept of citizenship inherent in the discourse of a political party to core curricula (CCs). The case that provides material for analysis is the coming to power of the conservative party Prawo i Sprawiedliwość [Law & Justice] (PIS) and the implemented reform of the education system, which entailed the change of CCs. The analytical tool useful for solving the analysed problem is provided by the concept of 'discursive institutionalism' of Vivien Schmidt, integrated with the concept of curriculum analysis, while the method of analysis comes from the group of approaches defined as Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). The analyses focus on the programmatic level and reveal the application of ideas from the party's programmes to the education objectives articulated in CCs. The findings of the analyses indicate a stronger-than-before emphasis on the idea of a political and national community. Particularly interesting in the analysed case is the focus on the transmission of knowledge, the upbringing according to the values affirming this feeling of community, combined with the simultaneous discursive limitation of the significance of civic participation.

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Citizenship’s tangled web: Associations, gaps and tensions in formulations of European youth active citizenship across disciplines

Cited by 8 publications

References 19 publications

Democratic Citizenship-in-the-Making: Dis/Engagement Profiles of Portuguese Youth

Democratic Citizenship-in-the-Making: Dis/Engagement Profiles of Portuguese Youth

From Political Interest to Participation in EU-related Actions: The Mediating Role of European Identity and Political Efficacy

The Concept of Citizenship in the Polish School Education. Political Change and the Change of Core Curricula. Discourse Analysis

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