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Tavares, Laura – Social Education, 2018
A recent report from the Democracy Project found that "confidence in our governing institutions has been weakening over many years, and key pillars of our democracy, including the rule of law and freedom of the press, are under strain." In the recently published book "The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to…
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Global Approach, Foreign Countries
Letseka, Moeketsi – Democracy & Education, 2017
This review provides a critical appraisal of Kubow and Min's paper. It teases out their conception of "liberalism" and argues that the classical notion of liberalism as a political theory that advocates individual liberty based on assumptions of the unencumbered autonomous individual has lost currency. This is because over the years…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Political Attitudes, Focus Groups, Interviews
Maniar, Vikas – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2023
Well-being is realised through the interaction of the individual's desires and capacities, and external contexts. Contexts in postcolonial societies diverge from the assumptions of functioning liberal democratic states and capitalist economies often assumed in theories of schooling. Instead, these contexts are characterised by poverty and…
Descriptors: Well Being, Postcolonialism, Social Systems, Democracy
Young-Jahangeer, Miranda – Research in Drama Education, 2013
Incarcerated women at Westville Female Correctional Centre in Durban, South Africa have been using popular participatory theatre (PPT) to create a space to generate debate about aspects of prison life for over 10 years. This article explores how these women engaged the issue of lesbianism in the Correctional Centre and how the process and form was…
Descriptors: Females, Homosexuality, Foreign Countries, Democracy
Murris, Karin – Ethics and Education, 2012
Practitioners of education in South Africa (SA) struggle painfully between the extremes of its authoritarian and deeply religious roots that prescribe blind obedience to people in authority and their elders, and the demands of open-mindedness, critical thinking and also solidarity required for democratic citizenship. A particular pedagogy was used…
Descriptors: Punishment, Foreign Countries, Ethical Instruction, Philosophy
Davids, Nuraan; Waghid, Yusef – Perspectives in Education, 2012
Benhabib (2002:134) maintains that, in order for individuals to become democratic citizens they need to be exposed to at least three inter-related elements: collective identity, privileges of membership, and social rights and benefits. Through exposure to these three inter-related items it is hoped that, by means of the teaching and learning of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Democracy, Citizenship Education, Public Schools