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Citizenship Education in China: Preparing Citizens for the "Chinese Century"

By Kerry J. Kennedy , Gregory Fairbrother , Zhenzhou Zhao

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2013
ISBN
0415502721, 9780415502726
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1418762 bytes)
Series
Routledge Series on Schools and Schooling in Asia
Pages
280\280
Scanned
yes
Time added
2014-07-22 10:12:30

Description

There is a flourishing literature on citizenship education in China that is mostly unknown in the West. Liberal political theorists often assume that only in democracy should citizens be prepared for their future responsibilities, yet citizenship education in China has undergone a number of transformations as the political system has sought to cope with market reforms, globalization and pressures both externally and within the country for broader political reforms. Over the past decade, Chinese scholars have been struggling for official recognition of citizenship education as a key component of the school curriculum in these changing contexts. This book analyzes the citizenship education issues under discussion within China, and aims to provide a voice for its scholars at a time when China’s international role is becoming increasingly important.

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