Editorial: Developing Participatory Citizenship through Creative Pedagogies

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 470-472
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Citizenship

The Creation of the G.I. Bill of Rights of 1944: Melding Social and Participatory Citizenship Ideals

2005 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 345-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Mettler
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
College Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Graduate Degree ◽  
Bill Of Rights ◽  
Unemployment Benefits ◽  
World War ◽  
The Public ◽  
Participatory Citizenship ◽  
Public Consciousness

The G.I. Bill of Rights, formally known as the Serviceman's Readjustment Act of 1944, remains in the public consciousness as one of the most significant social policies ever enacted in the United States. Established for returning veterans of World War II, its terms of coverage were strikingly broad and generous. Fifty-one percent of veterans used the educational provisions: 2.2 million pursued a college education or graduate degree, and 5.6 million attained vocational or on-the-job training. The law also offered extensive unemployment benefits, which were used to the full by 14 percent of veterans. It also offered low-interest loans for the purchase of homes, farms, and businesses, which were used by 29 percent of veterans.

Reconsidering Informed and Participatory Citizenship in the Current Media Ecosystem

2021 ◽  
pp. 87-110
Author(s):  
Maria Elizabeth Grabe ◽  
Ozen Bas
Keyword(s):  
Human Brain ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Verbal Processing ◽  
Participatory Citizenship ◽  
Media Ecosystem ◽  
The Media ◽  
Memory Knowledge ◽  
The Way

The focus of this chapter is on how changes in the media landscape have forced the reconsideration of the way in which ‘memory’, ‘knowledge’, and ‘informed citizenship’ are understood, defined, and researched. Thus, for example, journalism needs to take account of the phenomenon of so-called news grazing (the active consumption of news by flipping through channels and skipping unwanted material) and that of incidental news exposure (unintended exposure to news when media users go online for non-news functions). Traditional views of informed citizenship (as simply acquiring appropriate facts and information) are challenged by calls to include applied understanding and comprehension of social issues and emotional responses to those issues. The chapter is critical of an excessive reliance on verbal tests of memory and stresses the need to develop visual measures, given that the human brain is better adapted for visual than verbal processing.

The boundaries of participatory citizenship

ECSCW 2009 ◽  
2009 ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolaj Gandrup Borchorst ◽  
Susanne Bødker ◽  
Pär-Ola Zander
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Citizenship

scholarly journals Postsecular democracy and the reign of God: Reading Habermas and Moltmann in South Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wessel Bentley
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
African Culture ◽  
The South ◽  
History And Memory ◽  
Culture History ◽  
Participatory Citizenship ◽  
African Perspective ◽  
Political Model ◽  
Reign Of God

Governed by a liberal constitution, the South African democratic project is progressively finding its own identity. Being a democracy in Africa has unique challenges, as this system of governance needs to be contextualised by integrating African culture, history and memory into a political model which will promote sustainable participatory citizenship. This article engages, from a South African perspective, Habermas’ model of a postsecular democracy and Moltmann’s understanding of ‘Reich Gottes’ in Ethics of Hope. This article proposes an integrated relationship between responsible citizenship (Habermas’ postsecular democracy) and a Christian social conscience (Moltmann’s ‘Reign of God’)1for the South African context.Postsekulêre demokrasie en die koninkryk van God: in gesprek met Habermas en Moltmann vanuit ’n Suid-Afrikaanse perspektief. Die Suid-Afrikaanse demokrasie wat gegrond is op ’n liberale grondwet, is geleidelik besig om ’n eie identiteit te vind. Demokrasie in Afrika ervaar unieke uitdagings en moet derhalwe gekontekstualiseer word deur die Afrikakultuur, geskiedenis en geheue in ’n politieke model te inkorporeer wat beoog om houdbare en deelnemende burgerskap te bevorder. Hierdie artikel tree vanuit ’n Suid Afrikaanse perspektief in gesprek met Habermas se model oor postsekulêre demokrasie sowel as met Moltmann se verstaan van ‘Reich Gottes’ in Ethics of Hope. ’n Geïntegreerde verhouding tussen verantwoordelike burgerskap (Habermas se postsekulêre demokrasie) en ’n Christelike sosiale gewete (Moltmann se ‘Koninkryk van God‘) binne die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks word derhalwe deur hierdie artikel ondersteun.

scholarly journals What is the public perception of what it means to be a good citizen? Empirical evidence from Slovakia

Human Affairs ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oľga Gyárfášová
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
The Public ◽  
National Pride ◽  
Good Citizen ◽  
Participatory Citizenship ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions

AbstractThe study analyses the public perception of citizenship in Slovakia using empirical findings from the ISSP sociological survey. The paper conceptualizes the important features of citizenship, identifying three factors constituting the public’s perception of citizenship. It is a perception that is relatively stable in time and informed more by the legal dimension of citizenship than the participatory one. In this respect the empirical findings do not support the theoretical assumptions usually associated with citizenship research that highlight active, participatory citizenship. The study also analyses how citizenship relates to national pride. The author finds that the normative understanding of “a good citizen” is only very loosely related to the perception of national pride.

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