The cultural making of the citizen: a comparative analysis of school students’ civic and political participation in France and Wales

Power, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3287-0003, Frandji, Daniel and Vitale, Philippe 2021. The cultural making of the citizen: a comparative analysis of school students’ civic and political participation in France and Wales. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education 51 (8) , pp. 1226-1240. 10.1080/03057925.2020.1740081

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Abstract

This paper examines the complex relationship between the state, civil society and education through comparative research with young people in France and the UK. Survey data derived from two cohorts of school students in South Wales and Lyon reveal strong differences in their levels of civic and political participation. While our Welsh students have higher levels of ‘civic participation’, as measured in terms of charitable work and volunteering, our French students have far higher levels of what might be considered ‘political engagement’, defined in terms of campaigning and demonstrating. We argue that these differences can be accounted for by the different cultural repertoires and priorities of citizenship education which themselves reflect the contrasting historical configurations of education, the state and civil society in these two countries.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD)
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis (Routledge): SSH Titles
ISSN:	0305-7925
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	6 March 2020
Date of Acceptance:	5 March 2020
Last Modified:	06 May 2023 21:39
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/130176

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