Youth Civic Engagement in a Globalized World

1. Front Matter

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2. Youth Civic Engagement in Context

   • Catherine Broom

   Pages 1-14

3. Citizenship Education in Canada, Past and Present

   • Catherine Broom, Anthony Di Mascio, Douglas Fleming

   Pages 15-36

4. Exploring Youth Civic Engagement: A View from England

   • Richard Harris

   Pages 37-58

5. Youth Civic Engagement in Hong Kong: A Glimpse into Two Systems Under One China

   • Liz Jackson, Puja Kapai, Shiru Wang, Ching Yin Leung

   Pages 59-86

6. Citizenship Education Discourse(s) in India

   • Vanessa V. Tse, Catherine Broom

   Pages 87-102

7. The Contradictory Place of Civic Education in the Italian Education System

   • Enzo Colombo

   Pages 103-125

8. Citizenship Education in Japan: Past, Present, and Future

   • Keiichi Takaya

   Pages 127-144

9. Exploring Youth Civic Engagement and Disengagement in Mexico

   • Medardo Tapia Uribe

   Pages 145-159

10. Youth Engagement or Disengagement, Civic Mindsets, and Democracy

    • Tania Naanous, Catherine Broom

    Pages 161-178

11. Back Matter

    Pages 179-182

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In this book, the authors explore the apparent decline in youth civic engagement through research studies conducted in seven societies/nations with varied experiences with democracy.  This work is framed within a youth civic engagement model. Each subsequent chapter presents the findings for each nation, along with contextual and historical discussions of citizenship education. This book explores the findings in Canada, England, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, and Mexico.

• Citizenship Education
• youth engagement
• internal and external factors
• civic mindset
• youth civic engagement model
• history and social studies
• globalization
• democracy
• education
• political science
• politics
• youth

“In an era when polemic often triumphs over evidence in the public square, Broom and colleagues present the findings of an ambitious international initiative to understand the current state of youth civic engagement.  Building on a shared conceptual frame yielding intriguing comparative data, researchers from seven states--Canada, England, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan and Mexico--generate fresh insights and challenging questions about how and why our younger fellow citizens engage in the polis.” (Michael Johanek, Senior Fellow, Graduate School of Education and Director, Mid-Career Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership, University of Pennsylvania, USA)

• University of British Columbia-Okanagan, Canada

  Catherine Broom

Catherine Broom is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at University of British Columbia, Canada.  Her work focuses on the areas of local and global citizenship, history of education, and social studies education.  She is the journal editor of Citizenship Education Research Journal (CERJ).  

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