Title: Youth civic engagement in a globalized world :
Authors: Broom, Catherine
Date: 2017
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Physical description: xv, 182 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language: English
LC classification: L
Abstract: In this book, the authors explore the apparent decline in youth civic engagement through research studies conducted in seven societies/nations with varied experiences with democracy. This work is framed within a youth civic engagement model. Each subsequent chapter presents the findings for each nation, along with contextual and historical discussions of citizenship education. This book explores the findings in Canada, England, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, and Mexico.
Contents: Youth civic engagement in context / Catherine Broom -- Citizenship education in Canada, past and present / Catherine Broom, Anthony Di Mascio, and Douglas Fleming -- Exploring youth civic engagement : a view from England / Richard Harris -- Youth civic engagement in Hong Kong: a glimpse into two systems under one China / Liz Jackson, Puja Kapai, Shiru Wang, and Ching Yin Leung -- Citizenship education discourse(s) in India / Vanessa V. Tse and Catherine Broom.
Subject headings (LCSH): Citizenship--Study and teaching; Service learning; Youth--Political activity.