Full Description
Situated within the context of "post-soviet times", this book explores young people's citizenship activities and values in three distinct environments: post-soviet union countries, post-soviet union satellites, and countries that were independent of the soviet-union. Its purpose is to investigate the influence of these contexts on the ways young people see their citizenship in what are now emerging democracies.
The future of nations depends to a large extent on whether citizens will continue to support existing values and will engage in activities to support those values. Using a framework designed by Kennedy (2006) and further developed by Zalewska, Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz (2011) the study examined the citizenship values of 3794 students aged 11-14-18 from 11 European countries. The main themes of this book include
exploring similarities and differences in citizenship activities within countries and across countries;
advancing explanations for these similarities and differences;
highlighting the importance of contexts that influence citizenship activities and values; and
assessing the extent to which democratic values are reflected in young people's citizenship activities.
Contents
Introduction Editors' Introduction: The Scope of the Research
Part I: Defining and measuring citizenship in post-soviet times
Chapter 1: Understanding Post-Soviet Transitions as Contexts for the Development of Active Citizens (Kerry J. Kennedy)
Chapter 2: Assessing Citizenship Behaviours - constructs and research tool validation (Anna M. Zalewska and Beata Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz)
Chapter 3: Young Europeans citizenship activity - research questions, method and general results (Beata Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz and Anna M. Zalewska)
Part II Active citizenship in post-soviet union states (Baltic) based on current social, political and economic context
Chapter 4: Young people citizenship activity in post-soviet states - comparison across countries (Beata Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz, Anna M. Zalewska, Kristi Koiv, Vaiva Zuzeviciute and Mara Vidnere)
Chapter 5: Latvia: Youth at crossroads, faced with a choice (Mara Vidnere and Marita Kodeikina)
Chapter 6: Lithuania: Between commitments and expectations: is it an eternal tension between generations or a contemporary phenomenon? (Vaiva Zuzeviciute)
Chapter 7: Estonia: Citizenship behavior among today's youth (Kristi Koiv)
Part III: Active citizenship in post-soviet satellites' states (central European) based on current social, political and economic context
Chapter 8: Young people citizenship activity in post-soviet satellites' states - comparison across countries (Anna M. Zalewska, Beata Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz, Eva Szabo and Iveta Kovalcikova)
Chapter 9: Poland - New Opportunities, disillusioned youths (Beata Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz and Anna M. Zalewska)
Chapter 10: Hungary: Participation crisis, disappointed youths (Eva Szabo and Katinka Dancs)
Chapter 11: Slovakia: The double-edged potential of adolescents for active civic participation (Iveta Kovalčíková and Jozef Miškolci)
Part IV Active citizenship in Post-Soviet independent European countries based on current social, political and economic context
Chapter 12: Young people citizenship activity in post-soviet independent states - comparison across countries (Anna M. Zalewska, Beata Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz, Mojca Jurisevic, Despina Karakatsani, Jose Costa, Susana Goncalves and Mika Metsärinne)
Chapter 13: Slovenia: Optimistic about personal future, politically disillusioned (Mojca Juriševič, Janez Vogrinc and Janez Krek)
Chapter 14: Finland: Young people citizenship activity (Riitta Korhonen and Mika Metsärinne)
Chapter 15: Greece: Greek citizenship education models and profiles in times of economic and social crisis (Despina Karakatsani and Olga Ververi)
Chapter 16: Portugal: Highly qualified young people on 'economic emigration' (Susana Goncalves and Jose Costa)
Part V Integration and Comparison of Results
Chapter 17: Soviet Influences on Citizenship- comparisons between three types of countries (Anna M. Zalewska and Beata Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz)
Chapter 18: Concluding Comments: Can we produce resilient citizens for volatile times? Contexts, strategies and future research (Kerry J. Kennedy, Beata Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz and Anna M. Zalewska)
Appendix: Survey Instrument
