Abstract
In recent years, populist and right-wing parties and organizations have been on the rise in Germany. All of them share ethnic, anti-human, and racist beliefs. Borum’s mindset is the key starting point for the theoretical analysis of the potential of civic and citizenship education for preventing right-wing extremism. Following a brief introduction of the current situation of right-wing terrorism in Germany, the article touches upon the challenges which citizenship education is facing today. In a next step, Borum’s model is connected with Helmke’s utilization of learning opportunities model and Detjen et al.’s model of political competence to highlight the potential of citizenship education to preventing young people from embracing right-wing extremism and to strengthening their democratic identity.
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