Society, Politics, and Education in Uncertain Times: Rethinking Citizenship and Belonging in International Contexts

Drawing on chapters from a selection of authors from the fields of education, philosophy, political science, and sociology this book presents provocations on how citizenship might be experienced, conceptualised, expressed, and practiced in a range of settings.

Comprised of thirteen chapters by a group of international academics, the book engages with the concepts of ‘citizenship’ and ‘political agency’, as well as forms and expressions of citizenship, to consider how the practice of citizenship can be extended to move beyond mainstream political discourses. Discussions of decolonisation, race, disability advocacy, sexual health, protest, and democracy examine how citizenship and belonging are enacted in a range of international contexts. In order to explore these issues, the book draws on a range of empirical, theoretical, political, and speculative discussions from a range of perspectives. Throughout, it provides a critique of dominant conceptions of citizenship and explores how citizenship might be re-conceptualised and re-fashioned.

This volume is an essential read for academics, researchers, postgraduate students, policy makers, and teachers interested in reframing citizenship education to enhance a sense of belonging in our uncertain times.

Chapter 10 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution (CC-BY)] 4.0 license.

Harry Dyer is Associate Professor of Education at the University of East Anglia, UK.

Agnieszka Bates is Head of the School of Education at Bath Spa University, UK.

John Gordon is Professor of Language Arts and Learning in English Education, and academic lead for CreativeUEA, University of East Anglia, UK.

Geoffrey Hinchliffe was Lecturer in Education at the University of East Anglia, UK. He published many articles on a range of subjects, broadly in the domain of the Philosophy of Education, and was author of Liberty and Education: A Civic Republican Approach (Routledge, 2016).