Citizenship Agenda Research Articles

New Labour, New Citizenship?

In this paper New Labour's commitment to developing a citizenship curriculum will be reviewed. Characterised by a determination to affect cultural change through the introduction of citizenship education in schools in England from 2002, the Government's citizenship agenda has been developed in the policy process by the Advisory Group on Citizenship (AGC). An explanation of the work of the AGC and the final report Education for Citizenship and the Teaching of Democracy in Schools will be followed by an analysis of how it dealt with the issue of defining the values to be taught in the citizenship curriculum. The ambiguous text of the report reflects the political sensitivity that the subject demands. An investigation of the main reasons and political appeal of invoking the citizenship ideal will precede a review of the inherent contradictions within the New Labour agenda. The paper seeks to describe the dichotomous position of New Labour's explicit commitment to implementing a citizenship curriculum, and the present lack of a clear ideology from which to inform the moral basis of such a venture.

A Theory of Citizenship: Organizing Plurality in Contemporary Democracies. Herman van GunsterenCommunitarianism: A New Agenda for Politics and Citizenship. Henry Tam

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Communitarianism: A New Agenda for Politics and Citizenship

Communitarianism: A New Agenda for Politics and Citizenship

Communitarianism: a new agenda for politics and citizenship

Although communitarianism has a long history, it has only recently emerged to pose a major challenge to the traditional left-right divide in politics and the competing principles of individualism and collectivism. Communitarianism is the first comprehensive and accessible introduction to communitarianism's ideas and their implications for politics and citizenship. Drawing on a wide range of international examples and engaging with communitarianism's critics, Tam demonstrates clearly its relevance to the United States and the world.

Book Review: Communitarianism: A New Agenda for Politics and Citizenship

Book Review: Communitarianism: A New Agenda for Politics and Citizenship

Archivos y ciudadania: el acceso a la información pública

Se trata de un artículo donde se propone discutir el papel activo de los archivos para el acceso a la información pública, considerándolos depositarios naturales de las pruebas de los actos administrativos y, por lo tanto, con un papel central en la agenda de la transparencia y de la ciudadanía El texto se plantea trabajar con los conceptos clave de los archivos y de los documentos de archivo con el propósito de discutir algunas de las relaciones existentes entre tales instituciones y la sociedad. El derecho al acceso a la información sobrepasa una comprensión más amplia del papel activo de los archivos, los cuales no se resumen a los meramente administrativos de Estado, sino también a los privados de interés público y social, tal como se ejemplifica con algunos casos brasileños. Las dimensiones activa y de prueba de los documentos de archivo están directamente relacionadas a sus cuatro características esenciales (organicidad, naturalidad, imparcialidad y autenticidad), tal como se trató de demostrar en otros ejemplos.