(NAME-MCE) Call for Chapter Contributors: Citizenship, Democracy, and the University: Theory and Practice in Europe and North America

[Jason Laker]

Call for Chapter Contributors

 

Citizenship, Democracy, and the University: Theory and Practice in Europe
and North America

 

Editors:

Jason A. Laker, Queen’s University at Kingston, Canada

Kornelija Mrnjaus, University of Rijeka, Croatia

Concepción Naval, Universidad de Navarra, Spain

 

There are a number of issues and debates surrounding notions of citizenship,
including how civil society prepares its population or particular
sub-populations for engaged democratic participation.  This is further
complicated by diverse views about individual and national identities,
immigration, and  policies and debates of accommodation versus assimilation.
As globalization continues to blur individual, institutional and national
boundaries, there are calls from and to multiple sectors to articulate
productive methods for achieving the ideals of democracy and social
cohesion.

 

This text is intended to contemplate the role and methods of
post-secondary/tertiary sector educational institutions in preparing
citizens for meaningful participation in democracies, whether long-standing,
young or emerging.  We expect to organize the text in four sections, the
first of which contains conceptual frameworks and methods for citizenship
education; and each of the other three corresponding with regional issues
and practices in Western Europe,  Eastern Europe, and North America.  We are
interested in how post-secondary/tertiary sector institutions are implicated
in, but not necessarily leading efforts.  As such, chapters may focus on
particular approaches within a college or university, or may discuss how the
efforts or issues of a different sector (e.g. schools, NGOs, businesses,
governments, communities) hold implications for colleges and universities.

 

This interdisciplinary English-language text is being developed for use
within graduate and professional degree programs whose graduates will become
the next generation of those tasked with building, strengthening and/or
maintaining the institutions and ideals underpinning democratic societies.
As well, the text must be accessible as a useful reference for leaders and
policy makers.  Individual chapters are anticipated to be 6000-8000 words.

 

Interested contributors are encouraged to inquire with questions.  Proposals
of 1-3 pages should be sent via email attachment (in Microsoft Word or PDF),
in English containing a draft title, abstract, and outline; along with a
current CV or résumé to jason.laker at queensu.ca by Tuesday, March 1st, 2010.

 

 

Jason A. Laker, Ph.D.

Associate Vice-Principal & Dean of Student Affairs

Instructor, Gender Studies

Affiliated Faculty, Cultural Studies

Fellow, Centre for the Study of Democracy

Queen's University

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Kingston, Ontario, Canada  K7L 3N6

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