Active Citizenship: What Could It Achieve and How?

by Andrew Lockyer

In recent years there has been much political talk and academic debate on the subject of active citizenship, to which Bernard Crick's work has been central. His 'mission statement' (repeated here) is to induce 'no less than a change in political culture', to replace passive democracy, grounded on unsocial individualism and consumer values, with the republican ideal of 'active citizens, willing, able and equipped to have an influence on public life...'.Here...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748638660
• ISBN13: 9780748638666
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher