The Palgrave Handbook of Citizenship and Education provides an authoritative and comprehensive
overview of the current field of citizenship and education. It draws on insights from a range
of disciplines to explore historical philosophical theological sociological and
psychological ideas on how the two concepts intersect and is international in scope authorship
and readership. Five sections provide a clear outline of: Foundational thinkers on and the
theories of citizenship and education Citizenship and education in national and localised
contexts Citizenship and education in transnational contexts Youth advocacy citizenship and
education Contemporary insights on citizenship and education An essential resource for
scholars interested in how theorizations of citizenship civic identity and participatory
democracy are and could be operationalized within educational theories educational debates
educational curricular and pedagogic practices.
