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What does democracy need from its citizens?

What does democracy need from its citizens?
What does democracy need from its citizens?
According to Putnam (1993, 2000), Almond and Verba (1963), and De Tocqueville (1863) democracy requires active citizens to maintain the checks and balances on democratic life. In this chapter I will focus on establishing the qualities that are needed to be an active citizen. The term competence will be used to refer to the qualities needed. A competence reflects the ‘complex combination of knowledge, skills, understanding, values, attitudes and desire which lead to effective, embodied human action in the world in a particular domain’ (Hoskins & Deakin Crick, 2010, p. 120). In this case the domain is active citizenship.
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Sense
Hoskins, Bryony
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Print, M.
Lange, D.
Hoskins, Bryony
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Print, M.
Lange, D.

Hoskins, Bryony (2013) What does democracy need from its citizens? In, Print, M. and Lange, D. (eds.) Civic Education and Competences for Engaging Citizens in Democracies. Rotterdam, NL. Sense, pp. 23-35. (doi:10.1007/978-94-6209-172-6_3).

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According to Putnam (1993, 2000), Almond and Verba (1963), and De Tocqueville (1863) democracy requires active citizens to maintain the checks and balances on democratic life. In this chapter I will focus on establishing the qualities that are needed to be an active citizen. The term competence will be used to refer to the qualities needed. A competence reflects the ‘complex combination of knowledge, skills, understanding, values, attitudes and desire which lead to effective, embodied human action in the world in a particular domain’ (Hoskins & Deakin Crick, 2010, p. 120). In this case the domain is active citizenship.

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Published date: 2013
Organisations: Southampton Education School
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Local EPrints ID: 351212
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/351212
DOI: doi:10.1007/978-94-6209-172-6_3
ISBN: 9789462091474
PURE UUID: 7f8c448f-0d26-4260-acd6-cb20cfd924d4

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Date deposited: 17 Apr 2013 13:20
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 13:36

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Author: Bryony Hoskins
Editor: M. Print
Editor: D. Lange

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