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HARP-557 |
| Title: |
Pluralism, Corporatism, and Educating Citizens |
| Source: |
Canadian Ethnic Studies; 2000 Special Issue, Vol. 32 Issue 1, p54, 18p |
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| Year: |
2000 |
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| Keywords: |
Canada, citizenship, democracy, economic, social, and cultural rights, human rights, non-discrimination, civil and political rights, education, liberty |
| Abstract: |
Educating for citizenship is faced with many obstacles not the least of which is the ambiguity of citizenship itself. Problematic, too, are the possible forms such an education may take, since schooling is influenced by claims to political legitimacy and the varieties of civic initiation that evolve from such assertions. The disparate senses of public interest are noted as is the increasing role of corporatism in liberal democracies with its attendant claim to determine the scope of citizenship. Also discussed is the requirement of the state to provide an education for citizenship based on the notion that it ought to be one with a democratic society’s basic ideals. But it is suggested that the pursuit of group interests significantly hinders the attainment of this objective. The work suggests that an education for citizenship in a democratic polity, where political legitimacy lies with individual citizens, will most likely be achieved through a liberal education designed for that purpose. However, the paper indicates that such an end will only be successfully pursued if the influence on public education of corporatism, and corporate capitalism in particular, is substantially diminished. |
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Keywords: Canada, citizenship, civil and political rights, cultural rights, democracy, economic, education, human rights, liberty, non-discrimination, social
