State versus Market – Public versus Private: the Concept of Citizenship Among Dutch Students
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Date
2013
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM
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Państwo kontra rynek – sfera publiczna kontra sfera prywatna: pojęcie obywatelstwa wśród studentów holenderskich
Abstract
The aim of the article is to present – using both theoretical analyses and empirical data – new forms
of “privatised” citizenship, based on individual competence and the development of post-national
forms of affiliation. These new constructions of citizenship are marked by ambiguity. There is a definitely
positive impact of individualism and self-fulfilment on the development of the idea of active
citizenship. At the same time a negative influence of the privatisation of the social sphere becomes
visible. It is the emergence of a new category of citizenship, i.e. post-democratic citizenship, which
reduces political citizenship participation to being a television and internet consumer of opinions
and a spectator of a political show. The above considerations are conducted with reference to a constructive
and imperative paradigm, based on the conviction that citizenship is a social construction –
contested and reconstructed both geographically and historically. The article uses excerpts from the
in-depth interviews (IDI) conducted with Dutch students in May 2011 within a broader research
project focusing on the comparison of the social construction of citizenship among Dutch and German
students.
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post-democratic citizenship, post-national citizenship, neo-liberalism, civic participation, political activism, civic education
Citation
Studia Edukacyjne, nr 29, 2013, s. 131-152
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978-83-232-2738-0